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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1145 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

- Given the ongoing drought across the region, wildfires will remain of concern through the end of next week.

- The lack of appreciable rainfall and growing rainfall deficit will result in further drought degradation through the end of this month into early November.

- Scattered showers late next week into early next weekend could bring temporary relief to rain starved soils until widespread appreciable rainfall returns.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1121 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

A stagnant dry pattern to persist across the region through the forecast period ending next Friday. An upper-level ridge across the ArkLaTex to again bring seasonably warm conditions on Sunday with highs in the lower to middle 80s. The upper-ridge is forecast to shift east of the region on Monday allowing for southwest flow to advect enough mid and upper-level moisture to generate mostly cloudy skies through Wednesday with skies improving thereafter as weak ridging across the Gulf of America rebuilds northward.

A surface high across the East will maintain light east-southeast winds through the period. The southerly component of the wind will be enough to slowly advect gulf moisture northward and raise dewpoint values from 40s on Sunday to near 60 degrees by the end of next week resulting in overnight lows gradually warming each day. Overnight lows from the mid 50s to lower 60s expected by the end of next week.

Higher dewpoints will also help to slightly improve the wildfire threat. However, significant improvement not expected until prolonged widespread rainfall returns which may still be a couple of weeks away. /05/

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 555 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

Thin cirrus continues to quickly infiltrate our airspace from the southwest early this morning and look for this cirrus to continue increasing its opaqueness as we go through this TAF period. Thought we might flirt with a brief MVFR VSBY or low ceiling in the vicinity of the LFK terminal but even with low temp/dewpt spreads down that way, will avoid having to TEMPO this possibility this morning. Otherwise, VFR conditions should prevail through the next 24 hours. Look for mostly east to southeast winds through the forecast period with speeds generally near or below 10kts.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1245 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

Spotter activation may be needed through this weekend in the event of wildfire development.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 81 55 81 55 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 82 52 80 52 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 84 50 82 51 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 82 53 81 54 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 82 49 81 48 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 83 55 81 57 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 82 51 81 52 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 82 53 82 53 / 0 0 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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