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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 947 PM CST Wed Dec 17 2025

- A cold front will push through the area later today, delivering gusty northwest winds in excess of 20 mph at times through the early evening. Overnight lows will dip closer to seasonal averages behind the front.

- Friday will be cooler behind the front, followed by a return to the warming trend for the weekend and into next week, likely continuing through the approaching holidays.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1132 AM CST Thu Dec 18 2025

A pronounced cold front will sweep eastward through the ArkLaTex region this afternoon, with gusty northwest winds and drier air building across the entire area in its wake. Ahead of this boundary, scattered showers, brought about by weak isentropic lift and ample low level moisture, will linger across the southern Arkansas counties and northwest Louisiana parishes through mid afternoon. Rainfall amounts should be generally quite light with these showers, and many locations will avoid rain altogether. This precipitation should exit the forecast area by 3-4 pm, with clearing conditions building from west to east through the afternoon and early evening hours.

In the wake of the cold front, gusty northwest winds will steadily diminish during the late evening and overnight hours, but the combination of cold advection and efficient radiational cooling will send temperatures down into the 30s just about everywhere across the ArkLaTex by daybreak Friday.

As the Canadian airmass dominates the region, near average seasonal temperatures will prevail on Friday, with 50s and lower 60s common for afternoon highs under sunny skies. A quick warmup to the 70s will ensue Saturday as zonal flow returns to the region. This will be followed by a brief interlude of increased cloudiness and widely scattered showers Saturday night in association with a weak upper level disturbance and accompanying surface cold front. Temperatures Sunday will retreat to the 60s, before a bona fide late December warm spell arrives to start Christmas week. Strong upper level ridging and associated subsidence across the middle portion of the CONUS will facilitate a steady day to to day temperature climb through the week. Daytime highs will top out well into the 70s each day, including Christmas Day, with lows areawide managing to dip only into the 50s each morning. With firm ridging in place, no precipitation is expected through the entire Christmas week period.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 534 PM CST Thu Dec 18 2025

SKC is prevailing for most sites and will continue through the rest of the period. The only changes expected would be to the surface winds that are gradually coming down in intensity over the next several hours. By daybreak Friday, most areas will be light and variable, with winds shifting easterly and southerly through the day. Winds should begin to pick up again Friday afternoon to around 5-10 kts as the period wraps up. /57/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1132 AM CST Thu Dec 18 2025

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 40 60 45 74 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 38 57 40 72 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 31 56 37 68 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 36 59 44 72 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 34 55 39 68 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 37 62 48 74 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 37 61 45 74 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 39 63 44 75 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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