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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1215 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

- Quiet overnight with much the same on our Tuesday with mostly cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy are warmer readings.

- Chance for some showers and thunderstorms Wednesday into Thursday with an upper low riding over the Plains on SW flow.

- The weekend cold front is looking earlier on Saturday with more needed rainfall and cooler readings Sunday into Tuesday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1215 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

A mild overnight period with partly cloudy skies around midnight and more low clouds arriving with daybreak. That SW flow aloft lingers, but without much in the way of lift for any rain on Tuesday except north of I-30. Here a few showers may develop early in the day or with mid to late heating. Coverage will isolated to perhaps SE OK. Little change for tomorrow evening and overnight from what will be going on right now.

However, an upper low will slide up along the eastern edge of the long wave troughing over much of the western U.S. and this feature will tighten the gradient with S winds Tuesday veering a bit more to gusty SW on Wednesday. There is a decent chance for showers and thunderstorms overnight for our I-30 corridor and then expanding down over NE TX and much of the area. Deep east Texas and most Parishes will miss out this time around as the big upper ridge has become semi-permanent over the eastern Gulf of America.

This low will be filling/weakening and just does not have the same dig as our last push. Rainfall amounts could be near an inch for a loose average over our I-30 corridor. The WPC has a Marginal Risk for excessive amounts over our NW 1/3 of counties. Also the SPC continues a Marginal Risk for their day 3 outlook over similar real estate for our concerns. Much lighter amounts may reach down from Nacogdoches to Shreveport and Bossier up to El Dorado. All very consistent on the mid to short term models runs.

Then as that low passes in the SW flow, we will wait again Thursday and Friday with more gusty S/SW winds and mostly dry conditions. Can't rule out a few pop up showers, but we may be capped in the mid levels for little if any. The approaching cold front for Saturday is a little ahead of recent runs, shifting our winds to W/NW late morning for I-30 and around lunch for Shreveport and much of I-20, and clearing our LA Parishes by sunset. Rainfall is still looking good with the WPC outlook carrying close to an inch along and south of I-20 for our entire corridor from TX across LA. Rainfall still looks pre and post frontal, ending early on Sunday. Then the NW winds will usher back cooler and drier air for a run of much closer to average readings, and a few below average for mid April with generally 50s and 70s for a few days. /24/

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 646 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

Extensive areas of low MVFR cigs have overspread much of the region this morning, and will persist through late morning before slowly returning to VFR by late morning/midday. Cu cigs should linger through the afternoon though across much of E TX/NW LA/SW AR before scattering out, but will scatter out a bit sooner over SCntrl AR/NCntrl LA, before eventually dissipating around/shortly after 00Z. While some thin cirrus will linger across the region this evening, low MVFR cigs should redevelop over SE TX by 06Z, and quickly spread NNE across the region overnight, before lifting again/returning to VFR by late morning/midday Wednesday. S winds will increase to 10-15kts with gusts to 22kts before diminishing to 5-10kts after 00Z. /15/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1240 AM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

Spotter activation will not be needed until late Wednesday. /24/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 86 65 85 68 / 0 0 10 30 MLU 88 62 88 65 / 0 0 0 10 DEQ 82 62 80 61 / 10 10 40 80 TXK 86 66 84 67 / 10 10 20 60 ELD 87 61 85 64 / 0 0 0 30 TYR 84 67 83 68 / 10 0 30 40 GGG 84 65 84 66 / 0 0 10 40 LFK 86 65 85 66 / 0 0 10 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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