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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS BROUGHT
GULF MOISTURE TO THE STATE...WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING. THIS KEPT
TEMPERATURES WARM OVERNIGHT....WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID
70S.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA...KANSAS AND INTO THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH MID WEEK...BUT
WILL BE SLOWED BY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
UNITED STATES.

FOR SUNDAY...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTHWEST
OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN DRY.

THERE WILL BE A SIMILAR SET UP FOR MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL
MAKE A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS EAST. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE MONDAY.

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.

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

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