462 AWUS84 KSHV 030903 AWSSHV LAZ001-LAZ014-TXZ097-TXZ136-TXZ165-031300- FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A LARGE AREA OF CIRRUS CLOUDS...RESULTING FROM AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY EVENING...PROVIDED FOR A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WAS THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE A CLEAR SKY WAS OBSERVED. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE AGAIN MILD...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. LOOK FOR THIS BLOW OFF CIRRUS TO CONTINUE EXPANDING EASTWARD AND THIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MIXING WILL OCCUR DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY TO ALLOW THE CLOUD COVER TO CONTINUE THINNING...RESULTING IN A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS STATES...AND INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS...AS A RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. LOOK FOR THIS TREND TO CONTINUE TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES FROM THE UPPER TROUGH ALLOWS THIS ACTIVITY TO FIRE UP ALONG THE DRY LINE. HOWEVER...FOR THE TIME BEING...ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE REGION...SINCE THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN CUT OFF FROM THE UPPER FLOW...THUS LIMITING ITS MOVEMENT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF...WRAPPING AROUND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WILL CONTINUE THE PARTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. VERY FEW...IF ANY SHOWERS...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT IF SOME DO DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND ISOLATED IN NATURE. THE UPPER LOW WILL FINALLY LIFT OUT LATE FRIDAY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND WHILE IT DOES...UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL...RESULTING IN PERSISTENT HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES...AND RATHER MUGGY CONDITIONS. EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS...WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. LOOK FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND FRIDAY...TO WARM TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S.  462 AWUS84 KSHV 030903 AWSSHV LAZ001-LAZ014-TXZ097-TXZ136-TXZ165-031300- FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A LARGE AREA OF CIRRUS CLOUDS...RESULTING FROM AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY EVENING...PROVIDED FOR A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WAS THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE A CLEAR SKY WAS OBSERVED. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE AGAIN MILD...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. LOOK FOR THIS BLOW OFF CIRRUS TO CONTINUE EXPANDING EASTWARD AND THIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MIXING WILL OCCUR DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY TO ALLOW THE CLOUD COVER TO CONTINUE THINNING...RESULTING IN A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS STATES...AND INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS...AS A RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. LOOK FOR THIS TREND TO CONTINUE TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES FROM THE UPPER TROUGH ALLOWS THIS ACTIVITY TO FIRE UP ALONG THE DRY LINE. HOWEVER...FOR THE TIME BEING...ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE REGION...SINCE THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN CUT OFF FROM THE UPPER FLOW...THUS LIMITING ITS MOVEMENT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF...WRAPPING AROUND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WILL CONTINUE THE PARTLY CLOUDY SKY ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. VERY FEW...IF ANY SHOWERS...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT IF SOME DO DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND ISOLATED IN NATURE. THE UPPER LOW WILL FINALLY LIFT OUT LATE FRIDAY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND WHILE IT DOES...UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL...RESULTING IN PERSISTENT HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES...AND RATHER MUGGY CONDITIONS. EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS...WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. LOOK FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND FRIDAY...TO WARM TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S.