952 AWUS84 KSHV 040912 AWSSHV LAZ001-LAZ014-TXZ097-TXZ136-TXZ165-041300- FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 CIRRUS BLOWOFF FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER WESTCENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY EVENING...CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY TO BE OBSERVED. THESE CLOUDS HELPED KEEP EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RATHER MILD...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE REGION...WITH MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S COMMON ACROSS THOSE AREAS. ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERNMOST AREAS...OBSERVED TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S...WHERE CLOUD COVER WAS A BIT THINNER. THE UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THE LAST DAY OR SO...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD TODAY OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW...ALONG AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS BY EVENING...WHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER WESTCENTRAL TEXAS...AS YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE OVER BAJA ENHANCES DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE. BY FRIDAY EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WHILE SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD. THIS ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN...AND POSSIBLY THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION...ON SATURDAY. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING...AND THUS LIMIT INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS...WHICH MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO FINALLY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY. THE STALLED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THUS...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY. EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...BUT COOL SLIGHTLY TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S SATURDAY...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST.  952 AWUS84 KSHV 040912 AWSSHV LAZ001-LAZ014-TXZ097-TXZ136-TXZ165-041300- FOUR STATE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 CIRRUS BLOWOFF FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER WESTCENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY EVENING...CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY TO BE OBSERVED. THESE CLOUDS HELPED KEEP EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RATHER MILD...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE REGION...WITH MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S COMMON ACROSS THOSE AREAS. ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERNMOST AREAS...OBSERVED TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S...WHERE CLOUD COVER WAS A BIT THINNER. THE UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THE LAST DAY OR SO...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD TODAY OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW...ALONG AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS BY EVENING...WHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER WESTCENTRAL TEXAS...AS YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE OVER BAJA ENHANCES DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE. BY FRIDAY EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WHILE SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD. THIS ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN...AND POSSIBLY THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION...ON SATURDAY. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING...AND THUS LIMIT INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS...WHICH MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO FINALLY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY. THE STALLED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THUS...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY. EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...BUT COOL SLIGHTLY TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S SATURDAY...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST.