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Shreveport, LA – The Ark-La-Tex is heading into a wet and occasionally breezy stretch for the Thanksgiving travel window, as new federal outlooks show a 40–50% or higher chance of above-normal precipitation across the region from November 23 through November 29. While colder air settles into parts of the central U.S., temperatures across the Ark-La-Tex will remain warm enough that cold rain is the dominant outcome next week.
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 Day Outlook, the region sits on the southern edge of a moisture-rich storm corridor extending from the Southern Plains through the Ohio Valley. This setup typically delivers multiple rounds of rainfall to Louisiana, East Texas, and Arkansas, with only the far northern tier close enough to marginal air for a brief rain–snow mix…