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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 146 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

- A cold front will quickly move through the region this afternoon and into the overnight hours, ushering in some cooler temperatures for Saturday.

- There are some minimal chances for precipitation this evening across our northern zones, with no chances through the rest of the weekend.

- A more unstable pattern is looking increasingly possible towards the middle of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 146 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

A cold front is currently located just to the north of the I-30 corridor and will move southeast through the region by tonight. There is a brief window this afternoon where some showers or thunderstorms could develop along the front as it moves through the region. Short range models have from this morning indicated that some very isolated showers could be develop as far south as the I-20 corridor, although the better chances remain near the I-30 corridor. If we do see anything develop, I don't see a ton of moisture falling from any of it, although for some areas that have been dry for 10-15 days straight, even a little QPF would be nice. This will be our only chance for precipitation through the rest of the weekend as high pressure will remain overhead. This pattern begins to change early next week as the high pressure begins to move into the southeast CONUS, which will bring a more unsettled pattern to the area.

High temperatures for Saturday will be about 10-15 degrees cooler than today in the wake of the passing front, with readings in the lower to upper 60s. But then on Sunday, temperatures quickly rebound back into the upper 70s to around 80 degrees and then widespread 80s return on Monday. So enjoy tomorrow if you can! Models are coming more in with more agreement that we could see some more widespread rain chances across the area on Wednesday and honestly, it appears as though chances could continue well into next weekend. This is also showing up in the WPC 1-7 day precipitation accumulation where it is finally showing some moisture across the region. /33/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 700 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

A strong cold front has crossed the I-20 corridor of E TX/N LA as of 2330Z, with low VFR cigs with some various MVFR cigs spreading S behind the front. Believe the greatest impacts from the lower MVFR cigs will be over Srn AR/NW LA/E TX this evening, with cigs quickly returning to VFR from N to S later this evening/overnight as drier air deepens behind the front. Areas of -RA over Srn and SE OK into Wrn and Cntrl AR early this evening are expected to gradually spread S by mid and late evening over extreme NE TX into SW AR, and could affect the TXK/ELD terminals, but with drier air undercutting the -RA, no vsby reductions or any MVFR cigs redevelopment are expected, with the -RA likely diminishing through the overnight hours. While the cu cigs diminish late this evening/overnight over Srn AR/NE LA, and over NW LA and portions of adjacent E TX after 12Z Saturday, low AC cigs between 8-10kft will quickly overspread the region, and linger through much of the remainder of the TAF period. Meanwhile, cu cigs should linger through at least Saturday afternoon over E TX, before possibly spreading back NE through NE TX/SE OK during the evening. NNE winds will increase to 12-16kts behind the front this evening, with gusts to 30kts possible through mid to late morning Saturday, before becoming E 7-11kts after 18Z. /15/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 146 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 51 69 49 80 / 10 0 0 0 MLU 50 68 45 81 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 43 65 42 78 / 10 0 0 0 TXK 48 67 47 81 / 10 0 0 0 ELD 45 67 43 79 / 10 0 0 0 TYR 52 66 51 82 / 20 0 0 0 GGG 50 68 49 81 / 10 0 0 0 LFK 53 69 51 81 / 10 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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