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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1249 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026

- High temperatures in the middle to upper 90s will continue through the week and into the weekend, with dry conditions expected throughout.

- Slight rainfall chances return early next week, but confidence and coverage remain unclear at this point.

- Minor relief from the heat may be possible next week, primarily in the form of overnight lows in the 60s across our northern zones.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1249 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026

It may be something of a weather cliche to say "it's a dry heat," but for the next few days in the ArkLaTex, it will be an accurate cliche, and is uncommon enough in the Deep South to merit remarking on. As the large upper level high expands and grows in strength, its reach will envelop our Four State Region, effectively shutting off any significant rainfall chances for the rest of this work week and into the weekend. As suggested above, while afternoon highs will still climb into the mid to upper 90s, dew points will mix out from near 70 degrees in the late morning to upper 60s by early afternoon, with the resulting heat indices just barely topping the century mark, and not meriting the issuance of a further Heat Advisory at this time.

This drier heat will be a welcome break for most, as compared to the swelteringly muggy conditions which so regularly define our ArkLaTex summers, but we still have a ways to go before we truly get anything resembling a first taste of autumn. The high over the ArkLaTex will remain with us through Friday and Saturday, reaching from the Rio Grande to the Ozarks, very effectively blocking any pattern change until it begins to break down going into Sunday, diminishing into a weak ridge and ultimately getting absorbed into the upper level flow. The primary discernible feature aloft early next week will be an occasionally closed low along the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Meanwhile, as previously discussed, an upper level trough over the Rockies will attempt to push its way eastward, but in a deviation from recent guidance, the GFS is indicating a resurgent high building over the ArkLaTex by early to mid next week. If this comes to pass, it was serve to block our potential synoptically-induced rainfall chances. The Euro, by contrast, still hints at ridging, but significantly weaker and less expansive, still leaving the door open to a southward impulse resulting from the trough aloft to our north. With these discrepancies, PoPs remain for Monday and Tuesday, but with less confidence and spottier coverage. Temperature trends are thus favoring prolonged mid to upper 90s, with less of a cooling trend early next week, but lows in the upper 60s do begin to creep into our Arkansas counties early in the week and continue through the tail end of this extended forecast period.

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AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 612 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026

For the 17/12z TAF update...VFR conditions are expected to continue to prevail throughout this TAF period. Winds will generally be out of the southeast and will remain under 10 kts throughout. CU field to develop this afternoon, otherwise, no major aviation concerns at this time. /33/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1249 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 97 74 98 73 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 99 71 100 72 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 98 70 99 69 / 10 0 0 0 TXK 98 73 99 73 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 98 71 100 71 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 98 74 98 72 / 10 0 0 0 GGG 100 73 100 71 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 95 72 94 70 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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