000 AWUS84 KSHV 072157 AWSSHV LAZ001-014-TXZ097-125-136-165-080100- FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 PM CST THU FEB 7 2002 CLOUDS WERE ON THE DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGAN TO BUILD OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. THIS MORNING WAS A RATHER COOL ONE WITH READINGS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE MID 30S ACROSS THE FOUR STATES REGION. WARMING WAS SLOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE CLOUDS BEGAN TO BREAK...BUT AS THE CLOUD COVER BEGAN TO ERRODE... TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO WARM A LITTLE WITH AFTERNOON READINGS RANGING THROUGH THE 40S. DRY WEATHER AND A SHORT WARMING TREND ARE ON TAP TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES. THIS FRONT DOES NOT BRING WITH IT A GREAT DEAL OF MOISTURE...BUT IT COULD GENERATE A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE AREA. HOWEVER...THE FRONT SHOULD COOL TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN RULE FOR THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...WITH THE NEXT THREAT FOR RAIN NOT COMING BACK UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE DEEP SOUTH.