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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1230 PM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

- Temperatures will be seasonably cooler and drier behind the cold front that moved through the region yesterday.

- Another warming trend will begin on Monday, but should progress much slower than previous warmups with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s by midweek.

- Another round of scattered showers could come as soon as Wednesday afternoon, more widespread rain chances coming at the end of the week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1230 PM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

The low pressure system that brought the cold front through the region yesterday continues to shift eastward through the Upper Great Lakes this morning. Other than some diverging flow in the western CONUS, upper-level flow looks fairly uninteresting as of the last observation. Northwest flow over the Ark-La-Tx should gradually shift to be quasi-zonal over the next few days, keeping the area dry. The NBM has mostly northerly/easterly sfc winds through Tuesday, which will help keep our typical warming trend from getting out of control. Despite the winds, there will be a gradual warming into the mid to upper 70s by Wednesday afternoon.

A southerly shift in sfc winds on Tuesday are expected to get some moisture moving in to the region ahead of a shortwave trough entering the Southern Plains on Wednesday. Given the limited window of moisture advection ahead of the disturbance, the scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to be limited to central LA on Wednesday. Showers that form Thursday afternoon should spread to cover further into Deep East TX and northern LA. It should be stated that there are considerable model inconsistencies with both timing and coverage of this rain, so there are plenty of changes that can happen to the forecast in the coming days. The shortwave trough providing the forcing for these two rounds of scattered rain will then move on and open the door for another shortwave on Friday, which looks to bring more widespread rain to the Ark-La-Tx for the early weekend.

Even with the recent rainfall over the past several days, drought conditions remain present over the region and many counties and parishes have enacted burn bans. Please continue to follow the advice of local officials in regard to public outdoor burning.

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AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1237 PM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

VFR conditions around 05/18z will prevail through the remainder of the day, with patches of cirrus advecting across the area lending to SCT-BKN skies at times. Cirrus will increase in coverage later this evening and through the overnight, yielding a VFR ceiling for all TAF sites. Skies will gradually become more scattered Monday morning into the afternoon, with VFR conditions continuing. Winds will be breezy out of the N/NE this afternoon around 12-15kts, with gusts 20- 25kts thru sunset. NE winds to settle around 5-7kts overnight, becoming more E/NE Monday around 8-10kts. No restrictions to vsbys or precipitations thru the TAF period.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1230 PM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

Spotter activation is not expected over the next 24 hours.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 48 73 46 75 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 48 72 45 77 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 39 72 41 73 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 44 73 46 77 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 42 71 42 75 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 46 73 47 74 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 46 73 45 74 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 47 74 45 75 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None.