...AN ABRUPT CHANGE TO THE WEATHER WILL BE COMING TODAY AND WILL
HANG AROUND THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND IN THE FORM OF MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES...

MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS VETERANS DAY IN
THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. EXPECT A TEMPERATURE DROP OF AT
LEAST 20 DEGREES BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY TODAY ALONG WITH STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AS A RESULT...A
LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TODAY FOR ALL OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN THIRD OF NORTHERN
LOUISIANA.

CLOUDS WILL CLEAR FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY AND WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS ALL BUT EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FOUR STATE REGION TONIGHT. THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FREEZE WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE POSTED LATER TODAY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT.

THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL HANG AROUND THROUGH THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND WITH THE COLDEST NIGHT LIKELY OCCURRING THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING WHERE WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...
BRINGING WITH IT INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ANY PRECIPITATION
THAT FALLS WILL BE OF THE LIQUID VARIETY BUT THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE MONITORED AS THE EVENT NEARS.