FXUS64 KSHV 091659
AFDSHV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1059 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION UNDERWAY ACROSS AREA. UPSTREAM DEWPOINTS
IN PORTIONS OF OK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. LOWERED AFTN TEMPS A FEW DEGREES...
AFTN HIGHS GENERALLY RANGING FROM UPPER 30S NW TO LOWER 50S SE.
WILL ALSO MAINTAIN LAKE WIND ADVISORY. DESPITE GUSTS TO ONLY 20
MPH ACROSS MOST OF AREA...STRONGER WINDS ABOVE BOUNDARY LAYER
SHOULD MIX DOWN WITH VERY DRY AIR COLUMN...ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS
STILL LOWERING./VII/

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.AVIATION...
VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SKIES 
HAVE BECOME CLEAR OVER THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION THIS MORNING.  
THE ONLY CLOUDS THAT MAY BE SEEN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WOULD 
BE FROM CIRRUS THAT MAY STREAM OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RATHER GUSTY 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 10-15 KTS OR EXPECTED WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS POSSIBLE. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLACK OFF 
BY THIS EVENING...GIVING LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT. /22/

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  45  27  47  33  47 /   0   0   0  10  30 
MLU  50  27  46  30  47 /   0   0   0  10  30 
DEQ  37  20  45  26  48 /   0   0   0  10  20 
TXK  40  23  45  30  47 /   0   0   0  10  20 
ELD  45  23  45  31  46 /   0   0   0  10  20 
TYR  41  26  49  34  48 /   0   0   0  10  30 
GGG  42  27  47  33  48 /   0   0   0  10  30 
LFK  49  27  51  35  50 /   0   0   0  10  30 

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.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

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