textproduct: Shreveport

KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1125 PM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026

- The next 48 hours will be the hottest days of the workweek before a gradual cooldown to near-normal summertime heat (mid-90s).

- Chances of rain gradually return through the rest of the week into the weekend, mainly in the form of typical summer afternoon thunderstorms.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1125 PM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026

An upper-level high is currently set up over the Desert Southwest, which is typical for this time of year. The influence of this high continues to reach across the Southern Plains and keep the Ark- La-Tx warm and largely dry. Expect temperatures to remain in the mid to upper 90s through the forecast period. Rain is likely to stay confined to afternoon thunderstorm activity with the greatest chance currently thought to be on Thursday. Any rain that does fall will generally give less than 0.25 inches in accumulations. This combination of heat and lack of rain will worsen drought and increase fire weather concerns the longer these conditions remain in place.

Long-range models suggests that the earliest pattern change would be this weekend. The ridge out west shifting slightly northward would keep the region between that and a weak trough over the eastern CONUS. However, some models have the western high expanding eastward into the lower Midwest, which would work with the subtropical high to keep the troughing confined to the Northeast. Either way, rain estimates continue to be low through early next week, bringing little in the way of variety for this forecast package.

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AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1212 AM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026

Pretty quiet night aviation wise across our airspace late this evening. Still looking at some patchy AC near 8-10kft across portions of NE TX into N LA and dying storms just south of our airspace across Central LA. Should stay VFR through the night towards sunrise but will watch for the possibility of a brief MVFR ceiling near or shortly after sunrise across our NE TX terminals. Otherwise, look for a growing cu field through the day Wed with another day of isolated to widely scattered mainly afternoon convection across NE TX, N LA and SW AR. Coverage still looks too limited to mention any VCTS across our airspace for Wed. Any convection Wed should quickly dissipate Wed Evng...otherwise VFR conditions should prevail across our airspace through the 24hr TAF package.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 644 PM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026

Spotter activation will not be needed through Wednesday.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 77 96 76 94 / 0 10 0 10 MLU 75 97 74 97 / 0 10 0 10 DEQ 73 96 72 94 / 10 10 0 10 TXK 76 98 75 96 / 10 10 0 10 ELD 74 95 73 94 / 0 20 0 10 TYR 77 98 76 96 / 0 10 0 10 GGG 76 98 74 96 / 0 10 0 10 LFK 75 95 74 93 / 10 10 0 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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