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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1203 PM CDT Tue Jul 8 2026

- Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible through this afternoon hours. - Quiet and dry weather will return Thursday and continue through the end of the week, with areawide highs in the low to middle 90s.

- Unsettled weather looks to return Sunday and continue into early next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1203 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

A lingering upper-trough extending from the Ohio River Valley southwest into the ArkLaTex, combined with a weak surface boundary across northeast Texas along the I-30 corridor, will provide enough instability to generate scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms across much of the region today. Weak ridging to build across the region on Thursday in the wake of the front shifting north and the upper-trough exiting the region. Under a subsident dome of high pressure, temperatures are forecast to climb into the mid 90s on both Thursday and Friday with otherwise dry conditions prevailing.

A latitudinally oriented broad upper-level trough and surface front to build south across the region late in the weekend and will linger areawide through the end of the forecast period on Tuesday night. Instability associated with the trough and surface boundary will allow for periods of convection across portions of the ArkLatex each day. Additionally, with increased mixing and cloud-cover, high temperatures will be slightly cooler than what is expected for July, averaging in the upper 80s to lower 90s on both Monday and Tuesday. /05/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1257 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

VFR conditions will continue through much of not all of the 08/18Z TAF period. A scattered cu field has developed across Deep E TX into much of N LA/extreme Srn AR, with weak decaying convection slowly drifting SE across portions of extreme NE TX W of TXK. This convection is mostly associated with low AC cigs between 8-11kft, which will likely persist through much of the afternoon before diminishing. Convection coverage this afternoon remains highly uncertain, with the best confidence in at least isolated convection occurring by mid/late afternoon over portions of Deep E TX across NCntrl LA. Have maintained VCTS mention for the SHV/MLU terminals only, but even this may be a stretch and will continue to monitor trends and will remove as needed. Any convection that develops should diminish by early evening, although some AC/cirrus cigs may linger this evening before thinning overnight. Scattered stratocu (with the potential for some brief low MVFR cigs) may develop by/after 12Z Thursday across portions of Lower E TX (S of I-20) and N LA, before lifting into a scattered cu field by mid to late morning. SSW winds 5-7kts this afternoon will become S 3-8kts after 00Z. /15/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1257 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2026

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon across the region for any isolated strong storms that develop. /15/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 77 95 77 95 / 10 0 0 0 MLU 76 96 77 96 / 20 10 10 0 DEQ 73 95 76 94 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 76 97 77 97 / 10 0 0 0 ELD 74 95 76 95 / 20 10 0 0 TYR 78 97 78 97 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 77 96 77 96 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 76 96 76 95 / 10 0 0 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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