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FXUS64 KLZK 090558
AFDLZK

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1158 PM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

...New KEY MESSAGES, DISCUSSION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1139 PM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

 - Some fog or freezing fog will be possible through the morning
   hours.

 - Increasing SW winds and warmer temperatures expected today.

 - A couple of cold fronts will move through this week with a
   stronger one bringing much colder temperatures for the weekend.

 - Mostly dry conditions are expected, but some light rain
   is possible on Saturday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1139 PM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

Low clouds remain in place across portions of eastern and southern
Arkansas this morning with mostly clear sky conditions and cold
temperatures elsewhere. Will have to monitor the potential for
freezing fog development across portions of western, central and
southern Arkansas through daybreak.

Sfc ridging will drift E/SE away from the state today and SW winds
will increase as this happens. This will lead to increasing
temperatures across the state both today and tonight. 24 hr
temp differences during this timeframe could be nearly 20 degrees
F in some cases, quite a noticeable warmup for some.

A cold front will move through on Wednesday which will temper the
warmup expected across the state somewhat. NW winds will increase
and the warmest readings are expected across southern AR. The
warmup will commence once again for the Thu-Fri timeframe as the
low level flow remains out of the SW. Another weak front will
move through on Friday after peak heating, with cooler
temperatures expected for the Friday night timeframe.

The main change will take place from Saturday into Sunday as yet
another cold front will move through, but this one will lead the
charge of an Arctic airmass. Much colder air will spill in with
highs on Sunday likely limited to the 30s F for much of the
state. Overnight lows in the 20s F will be fairly widespread as
well.

While the state will be impacted by the cold air, the center of
the sfc ridge associated with the cold airmass will remain
northeast of the state. This will lead to the coldest air being
well NE of Arkansas by hundreds of miles. Also, this will lead to
a pretty good temperature spread from northeast to southwest
across the state this weekend into early next week.

There remains very little signal for any moisture through the
period. The main change over the past 24 hours is that there could
be some showers on Saturday, with some low POPs included with this
forecast.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1113 PM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

Mostly VFR conditions are in place across the area at this time,
with low clouds across portions of far southern and eastern AR
continue to provide MVFR cigs to a few terminals. Overnight
FG/FZFG could develop across portions of western, central and
southern AR. This could lead to at least a few hours of poor
flight conditions. Sfc winds will increase out of the SW through
the day Tuesday, highest across northern AR terminals.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Batesville AR     41  29  56  43 /   0   0   0   0
Camden AR         45  29  57  41 /   0   0   0   0
Harrison AR       42  30  59  43 /   0   0   0   0
Hot Springs AR    46  30  56  42 /   0   0   0   0
Little Rock   AR  43  30  56  42 /   0   0   0   0
Monticello AR     44  32  57  43 /   0   0   0   0
Mount Ida AR      48  30  58  43 /   0   0   0   0
Mountain Home AR  41  29  59  43 /   0   0   0   0
Newport AR        41  30  53  43 /   0   0   0   0
Pine Bluff AR     43  29  56  42 /   0   0   0   0
Russellville AR   46  30  59  40 /   0   0   0   0
Searcy AR         42  27  55  40 /   0   0   0  10
Stuttgart AR      42  30  54  42 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...67
AVIATION...67