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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 140 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

- A weak cold front will backdoor cooler northeast and easterly winds into our Four-State area to start the new work week.

- Winds shift right back to southeasterly with a renewed warming trend as the dry weather pattern lingers during this week. - Another cold front arrives on Friday and bring down normal temperatures to get us back to where we should be in early Spring.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 140 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

Another very warm day with mid to upper 80s, running about 15 degrees above average for late March. The gusty winds are helping the mixing a little more today, so our record of 90 here in Shreveport may be safe with 86 our max so far. Skies are mostly clear now, but some cirrus is on approach, preceding the cold front moving over OKlahoma, nearing Ardmore at this time. These shallow, yet gusty NW winds will veer around the Ouachita Mountains during this evening and shift our winds to NE with lighter speeds. Overnight, some lower 50s will filter into our far north with little change elsewhere. Now highs tomorrow will benefit from still NE winds early down across I-20. This boundary will then be retreating during the afternoon as the core of the air mass moves across the Great Lakes down into the Ohio River Valley.

So a glancing blow of NE winds to start the week, and then shifting to E/SE early on Tuesday. Highs will be closer to average, but still 10 degrees above. The bulk of the work/school week will see a rebound back to near 90 for mid to late week. This will be another period of gusty S/SW winds ahead of a little stronger back door cold front set to arrive during Friday. Here will begin to cool down, but Saturday will be our coolest day this week. And yet only back down to average for late March in the upper 60s and lower 70s, and only for a day.

Once again our winds will shift to NE briefly and then back to SE during Sunday with our next warming trend underway. Beyond that, the models are looking a weak upper low coming our way with SW flow aloft that will be much more favorable for making rain a reality for us once again. The new CPC 8-14 Day outlook is still quite warm overall, but it is leaning back to better than average for rainfall our Four-State area. /24/

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 140 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

Beautiful VFR conditions currently prevailing across our entire airspace attm. That should hold true through the evening into much of the overnight hours, at least until a weak cold front begins to move into our region from the north. Cross section are supporting MVFR post frontal ceilings late tonight filling in from northwest to southeast so have accounted for this with this TAF package. Can't rule out the possibility of pre-frontal IFR ceilings across our southern airspace as well late tonight that would likely impact the LFK terminal as well. Strong south southwesterly gusts across our airspace currently and those winds should subside somewhat by 00z with a wind shift expected overnight towards sunrise across our I-20 terminals as well as the TXK and ELD terminals.

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FIRE WEATHER

Issued at 140 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026

The elevated wildfire threat remains during peak heating this afternoon across our Four-State area with lowering RH in the thirty percent range and gusty southwest winds. The Fire Danger Statement remains in place across our Four-State area through 7PM this evening. We can expect a much less windy day on Monday with lighter speeds and shifting wind directions along a weak front.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 140 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

Spotter activation is not expected at this time, but the wildfire threat remains this afternoon across our Four-State area due to the ongoing extreme drought conditions. Please report any wildfire activity to your local fire department and other local officials.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 61 80 57 82 / 0 10 0 0 MLU 60 76 55 79 / 0 10 0 0 DEQ 54 73 49 74 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 60 75 55 77 / 10 10 0 0 ELD 58 73 51 76 / 10 10 0 0 TYR 60 81 59 84 / 0 10 0 0 GGG 59 81 57 83 / 0 10 0 0 LFK 58 83 59 83 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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