1. Weekly Weather Briefing 12/08/2011 www.srh.noaa.gov/shv/briefing Jeff Hood Meteorologist National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana

2. Overview Today through Saturday Today through Saturday Relatively similar conditions Relatively similar conditions Dry cold front on Friday/Saturday Dry cold front on Friday/Saturday Late Weekend through Tuesday Late Weekend through Tuesday Pacific moisture begins to move in Pacific moisture begins to move in Cold front approaches from NW Cold front approaches from NW Upper level system out West Upper level system out West Early to mid week Early to mid week Rain chances for few days Rain chances for few days Upper level system moves through mid week and brings an end to rain Upper level system moves through mid week and brings an end to rain National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana

3. Current Weather L L

4. H Morning Lows Shreveport, La 25 Monroe, La 26 El Dorado, Ar 22 DeQueen, Ar 22 Lufkin, Tx 23 Nacogdoches, Tx 23

5. Today’s Forecast

6. Tonight’s Lows

7. Tomorrow’s Forecast

8. Normal Temp/Precip Day__High__Low Avg Shreveport, La Precip 3.11” Monroe, La Precip 2.48” Tyler, Tx Precip 2.39” El Dorado, Ar Precip 4.97” Month to Date Rain December Average December Monthly Total Shreveport, La 4.55” Monroe, La 5.23” Tyler, Tx 4.79” El Dorado, Ar 4.80” Shreveport

9. Friday/Saturday Dry cold front passage Dry cold front passage Help keep cooler temps around through weekend Help keep cooler temps around through weekend L Friday Evening

10. Sunday Weather X X Zonal flow Anticipation of storm systems

11. Tuesday Weather L L Widespread Precip Possible along Stalled Cold Front Upper Level Cut-Off Low Poised to move East

12. Pattern Wednesday H Widespread rainfall as Upper Low swings Across the area L

13. Ongoing Drought More improvement across the area!

14. NEXT CONFERENCE CALL: www.srh.noaa.gov/shv/briefing Weekly Webinar – Thursday, December 15 @ 10 AM National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana