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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

IT WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ON SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE
IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES. READINGS RANGED FROM 83 DEGREES AT
HIGHFILL AND MOUNTAIN HOME TO 90 DEGREES AT FORT SMITH.

ON THE SATURDAY EVENING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS IN THE HIGH
PLAINS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG AND EAST OF
THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY FROM NEBRASKA TO OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WILL
HEAD SLOWLY TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
WEATHER FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO KANSAS CITY.

THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY RUN INTO A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FRONT TO STALL ON
MONDAY. EVEN SO...STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
ARKANSAS.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...HIGHS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S
TO AROUND 90 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. LOWS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT
WILL BE IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.

THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY WEAKEN TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE FRONT TO BRING STORMS TO MUCH OF
THE REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE. AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

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