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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1242 AM CST Sat Jan 31 2026

- A very cold start to the weekend with Arctic frigid wind chills through the morning hours until the air mass center arrives with the Cold Weather Advisory in effect until noon everywhere.

- Winds will become lighter Saturday Night with our coldest low temperatures ranging in the middle teens to lower and mid 20s.

- Warm trend ensues with southerly winds by Sunday and into next week with our next chance of showers and isolated thunderstorm Tuesday and through the overnight with a weaker Arctic air mass.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1242 AM CST Sat Jan 31 2026

Some passing low clouds diving southward overnight as the NW winds became gusty under a spoke or lobe of the parent low moving over Memphis. We are locked in now for a couple of days of Arctic chill as the huge Canadian surface air mass settles in the the lower MS River Valley. Then as the center of the air mass arrives, our winds will relax much lighter or even calm wind center of the high slides right down I-49. This will then shift our winds back to S/SW for a warmer trend into next week with a good chance for some more needed rainfall on Tuesday.

Little change to advertise during next week aside from perhaps a slightly quickly pace with rainfall departing overnight Tuesday. The WPC day 4 QPF paints across our region with tenth to quarter inch amounts for I-30 and half to one inch amounts down I-49 across our Parishes. We may see a few sites best an inch in CenLA. Then our next and slightly weaker 1035mb Arctic high will bring brisk NW winds back to our Four- State area for midweek and late. A third air mass at 1038mb will arrive with SE eye more for the OH River Valley, glancing briefly by our area with a bit more rainfall in store toward mid month. /24/

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 643 AM CST Sat Jan 31 2026

VFR across the airspace as cloud coverage has quickly dissipated through the morning. Temperatures remain cold, averaging in the mid and upper 20's. SKC should hold steady through much of the period ahead of a return of SCT/BKN coverage around 5kft, with a BKN/OVC deck around 10kft near or just after midnight. Breezy northerly winds around 10kt, with gusts between 15-20kt will be the primary concern early in the period. Winds will taper off towards the end of the period, with most terminals going a light VRB or calm overnight.

RK

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1056 AM CST Fri Jan 30 2026

Spotter activation is not anticipated through the next 7 days.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 36 24 49 33 / 0 10 0 0 MLU 33 19 44 27 / 0 10 0 0 DEQ 33 16 44 23 / 0 10 0 0 TXK 33 22 48 30 / 0 10 0 0 ELD 33 18 46 26 / 0 10 0 0 TYR 36 24 50 34 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 36 21 50 31 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 39 22 52 32 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AR...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for ARZ050-051- 059>061-070>073.

LA...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for LAZ001>006- 010>014-017>022.

OK...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for OKZ077.

TX...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.