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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 101 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

- Hot and dry weather will continue through most of next week, as upper ridging builds back into the area.

- Slight rain chances will return across our eastern forecast zones by the end of the work week into early next weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 101 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

Super nice summer day going with a fair weather cu field areawide and 1pm temperatures right around 90 degrees. The northerly wind has RH falling through the 40% range and still a few hours from maybe some 30% mins. The dew points have run away from the NBM in the upper 50s and lower 60s now and rang in a big miss on last night's lows with every site cooler than expected. Highs will end up in the low to mid 90s as the cu field thins later and then overnight maybe a repeat performance with very comfortable lows.

Little change for us in the wake of this westerlies upper trough lifting across the OH River Valley. The models lag the base over the Appalachians and actually close off a weak core that will drift over GA/NC/SC for midweek. This effectively will keep the intermountain upper ridge apart from the Bermuda ridge, which the models have expressed in various other ways over the last few days. And the good news for us is that gently sinking air will keep us dry, but average heights aloft will slowly bump our max temps through the mid and into the upper 90s during the week ahead.

Meanwhile, the dry air will keep the Heat index in check through Monday with a few calculations in deep E TX leaning to or slightly more than 105 by Tuesday. Increasingly, more of our counties and parishes will see likewise the same with heat headlines again part of our forecast by midweek. All due to the winds shifting from NE on Monday to E and SE late day, and then prevailing southerly, slowly transporting the muggy Gulf air back well inland for mid to late week. Eventually we will see enough moisture back in play for scattered afternoon convection by Friday and next weekend. /24/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 101 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

For the 02/18Z TAFs, VFR conditions will prevail throughout the course of this forecast period. An afternoon Cu field is introducing low VFR CIGs which will continue through sundown, after which SKC conditions will prevail. North winds will continue at 5 to 10 kts through the afternoon with scattered gusts of up to 20 kts possible, becoming light and variable overnight and developing a southeasterly course tomorrow.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 101 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2026

Spotter activation is not expected through midweek. /24/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 71 97 74 98 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 69 95 72 97 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 66 95 69 98 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 69 95 73 97 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 66 94 70 96 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 71 99 75 99 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 71 97 74 99 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 69 97 73 97 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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