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FXUS64 KSHV 191538
AFDSHV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1038 AM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013

.DISCUSSION...
A NICE SPRING DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION...AS HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO BUILD TO OUR NE. EXPECTING MAX TEMPS TODAY TO BE
RIGHT ON PAR WITH SEASONAL NORMALS FOR EARLY SPRING. CLOUDS ARE
BEGINNING TO CREEP IN FROM THE W...AHEAD OF A WEAK DISTURBANCE
THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR SRN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT. THE EARLIER
ONSET OF THESE CLOUDS MAY INHIBIT DAYTIME HEATING SOME...
PARTICULARLY ACROSS SE OK/SW AR WHERE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT
FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WITH THAT SAID...HAVE DECIDED TO LOWER MAX
TEMPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THOSE NRN SECTIONS...AND HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED
THE SKY GRIDS TO COVER THE INCREASING CLOUDS. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE
EXPECTED OTHERWISE. /12/

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING 19/18Z TAF 
PERIOD. HOWEVER...BANDS OF CIRRUS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE REGION 
BY AFTERNOON...WITH CIGS LOWERING TO 7-10KFT AFTER 00Z WEDNESDAY 
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 
APPROACHING FROM THE NW. CAN/T RULE OUT AREAS OF -RA DEVELOPING BY 
06Z ALONG AND JUST S OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF E TX/NW LA...WITH MORE 
SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED OVER SE TX AROUND/SHORTLY AFTER 06Z. SOME OF 
THIS CONVECTION MAY AFFECT THE LFK TERMINAL JUST AFTER 06Z...WITH 
CIGS LOWERING TO 3.5-5KFT AND POSSIBLY RESULTING IN BRIEF VSBY 
RESTRICTIONS. LOOK FOR CIGS TO DIMINISHING FROM NW TO SE 
AROUND/SHORTLY AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS 
REINFORCED SWD AHEAD OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE PLAINS. 
MOST TERMINALS SHOULD BE SKC BY 18Z...PERSISTING THROUGH THE REST OF 
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ADDITIONAL CIRRUS SPREADS SE INTO THE REGION. E 
WINDS 8-12KTS TODAY SHOULD BECOME MORE NE AFTER 00Z. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  47  70  44  70  61 /  20  10  10  20  30 
MLU  45  67  39  66  51 /  20  10  10  20  40 
DEQ  41  65  37  63  46 /  10  10  10  40  70 
TXK  44  65  40  66  51 /  10  10  10  30  50 
ELD  42  65  37  67  47 /  10  10  10  20  50 
TYR  47  69  46  72  61 /  20  10  10  20  30 
GGG  47  69  44  69  61 /  20  10  10  20  30 
LFK  48  72  46  73  62 /  30  10  10  10  20 

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

$$

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