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ArkLaTex weather: warm and dry today, then rain chances arrive tonight and linger into Halloween

Highs reach 81 to 82 under a cloudy sky Friday. Scattered showers move in tonight and a few storms are possible on Halloween, with rain chances of 30 to 60%. No watches, warnings or advisories are in effect, and the National Weather Service in Shreveport expects Halloween rain amounts to stay light. Heavier rain is possible early next week.

By ArkLaTex Service Pros Staff · Published Oct. 30, 2026 · Updated Oct. 30, 2026, 5:45 a.m. CDT · Based on public records and official releases

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Quick take

  • No watches, warnings or advisories are in effect for the NWS Shreveport area, and the Storm Prediction Center expects no severe storms Saturday.
  • Today stays dry and mostly cloudy with highs of 81 to 82. Showers develop this evening in east Texas and spread across the area overnight. Rain chances tonight run 30 to 50%.
  • Halloween: highs 74 to 78 with on and off showers and a few storms. In the 5 to 9 p.m. trick or treat window, NWS hourly forecasts show rain chances of about 20 to 40% and temperatures falling from the mid 70s to the mid to upper 60s.
  • Forecasters say a stronger system Monday night and Tuesday, Election Day, could bring 1 to 3 inches of rain from tonight through midweek and at least a low end chance of strong to severe storms Tuesday.

The long dry spell is about to break, at least a little. The National Weather Service in Shreveport says today stays warm and dry, then scattered showers move in tonight and stick around off and on through Halloween. Its overnight forecast discussion calls it the end of a dry stretch that has lasted about three and a half weeks.

There are no watches, warnings or advisories in effect for the NWS Shreveport area, and the Storm Prediction Center does not expect severe storms Saturday. The fire danger statement that ran through Thursday evening has not been renewed. Burn bans set by parishes and counties stay in place until local officials lift them, so check with yours before burning.

Today and tonight

Mostly cloudy and warm, with highs of 81 to 82 and a light east to southeast wind. Isolated showers should start this evening over east Texas and western Louisiana, then become more scattered across the area after midnight.

Halloween evening

Saturday brings on and off showers and a few thunderstorms. Forecasters say the rain should come and go, with light amounts, and that it may hang on into the evening and overnight hours over southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and north Louisiana, right as trick or treaters head out.

NWS hourly forecasts for 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday show about a 40% chance of a shower or storm in Shreveport early in the evening, dropping to about 20% after 7 p.m.; 30 to 40% in Monroe; and about 40% in Texarkana early, dropping to about 30% later. Temperatures fall from the mid 70s around 5 p.m. to the mid to upper 60s by 9 p.m. A rain jacket or umbrella is a good idea, and if you hear thunder, head inside until it passes.

Looking ahead: Election Day storms possible

Sunday looks warm and humid with a few showers mainly in south Arkansas and north Louisiana, and most of Monday stays dry. A stronger system and cold front arrive Monday night in southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and east Texas, then cross the rest of the area Tuesday, Election Day. Forecasters say there is at least a low end threat for strong to severe storms Tuesday and that 1 to 3 inches of rain is likely in total from tonight through midweek. Cooler, drier weather follows. We will keep watching the Tuesday forecast.

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