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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
241 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
FOR A LATE MAY DAY IN ARKANSAS...YOU JUST CAN/T BEAT TODAY. LITTLE
IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER...AND MAINLY NORTHEAST/EASTERLY FLOW HAS
KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S IN MUCH OF THE STATE.

TONIGHT WILL BE COOL...WITH LOWS IN THE 50S IN MUCH OF THE AREA.
SLOW WARMING WILL COMMENCE IN THE COMING DAYS...AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE EAST...AND THE REMNANTS OF A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION RETURN NORTH. AT THE SAME TIME...
SEVERAL WEAK WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE MEAN FLOW ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...BRINGING MAINLY SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

BY MONDAY...DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS UPPER RIDGING SETS UP
OVER THE REGION. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE ELEVATED...DUE TO THE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST
CONUS AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS. HIGHS WILL BE
WELL INTO THE 80S AREAWIDE.
&&

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE PUSHING EAST OF ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY AS AN
UPPER TROUGH DIVES ALONG THE WEST COAST. IN BETWEEN
SYSTEMS...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. AN UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY
AND SLIDES INTO CANADA FRIDAY.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY BUT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT
SLOWLY MOVES TOWARD THE STATE FROM THE WEST...AND MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY INCREASES. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     50  78  59  82 /   0  10  10  30
CAMDEN AR         57  84  63  85 /  10  10  20  20
HARRISON AR       51  79  60  81 /   0  20  20  40
HOT SPRINGS AR    56  83  63  84 /   0  10  20  20
LITTLE ROCK   AR  53  81  62  84 /   0  10  10  20
MONTICELLO AR     55  83  62  85 /   0  10  10  20
MOUNT IDA AR      55  81  62  82 /  10  20  20  20
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  50  79  60  82 /   0  10  20  40
NEWPORT AR        51  78  60  83 /   0  10  10  30
PINE BLUFF AR     54  81  62  84 /   0  10  10  20
RUSSELLVILLE AR   54  81  62  83 /   0  20  20  30
SEARCY AR         51  79  58  83 /   0  10  10  20
STUTTGART AR      53  80  63  84 /   0  10  10  20
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...57 / LONG TERM...51
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