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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1224 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

- A nice and dry warming trend will unfold this work week with southeasterly winds and continued partly cloudy skies.

- The week's end will see a transition to at least a slight chance of thunderstorms over our far western TX counties. - A much better chance for showers and thunderstorms will arrive on Sunday and linger overnight into the new work week for all.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1148 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

Weak upper-trough across the region that has allowed for increased high clouds areawide this morning will shift east with ridging forecast to build from the west. Upper-level ridge to maintain mostly clear skies areawide through at least Thursday night. Upper-ridge to nudge east allowing for weak southwest flow to generate enough instability to allow for a few diurnally-driven showers and thunderstorms across mainly north Louisiana and Deep East Texas on Friday.

Surface high anchored across the Atlantic Seaboard to allow for southeasterly flow across the ArkLaTex through much of the period resulting in high temperatures in the low to mid 80s. Overnight lows to gradually increase from the mid 50s tonight to the upper 60s by next week.

Upper-flow to remain out of the southwest through the weekend allowing for increased instability areawide. A weak frontal boundary across the Southern Plains will shift southeast serving as the trigger for afternoon and evening convection beginning on Sunday across mainly northeast Texas into southeast Oklahoma. Although SPC has a 15% severe risk area highlighted just west of the CWA, there is a possibility that some strong storms, a few possibly severe, could migrate into our northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma on Sunday evening.

Severe threat increases across northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma on Monday, becoming nearly areawide on Tuesday as an upper-trough begins to translate east from California into the Central Plains. The combination of increased moisture and deep- layer shear along with some indications of a strong mid-level jet will allow for the possibility of supercells capable of producing all modes of severe weather on both Monday and Tuesday afternoons. /05/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 650 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

For the 09/00z TAF period...VFR conditions will continue to prevail throughout this TAF period. That being said, there will be some lower clouds between around 3-5k ft move through the region tonight, this will be close to bringing some MVFR conditions, but I am not confident enough to introduce it at this time and will monitor for the next TAF period. /33/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1224 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

Spotter activation is not expected through this work week. /24/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 56 83 60 83 / 0 0 0 10 MLU 54 83 58 84 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 49 80 55 81 / 0 10 0 20 TXK 57 82 61 84 / 0 0 0 10 ELD 53 82 57 83 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 57 82 61 82 / 0 0 0 20 GGG 56 82 60 83 / 0 0 0 10 LFK 57 83 61 81 / 0 10 0 30

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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