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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1125 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

ACROSS ARKANSAS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUED TO STREAMED NORTH
OVERNIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLOUDY SKIES AND FOG ACROSS MUCH OF THE
STATE. A FEW LIGHT POCKETS OF RAIN DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF THE
EAST...WITH ONLY A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL NOTED.
EARLY MORNING WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE QUITE HUMID...WITH LOWS MAINLY
IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE PLAINS
TODAY...WITH WARM AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ON TAP FOR THE NATURAL
STATE. THE CLOUDS WILL INITIALLY BE SLOW TO BREAK UP...HOWEVER SOME
SUN IS EXPECTED BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ONLY A VERY ISOLATED
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAY BE SEEN...BUT DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER
SUNSET. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S.

FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN WARMER...WITH 80S STATEWIDE
AND SOME LOCATIONS NEARING THE 90 DEGREE MARK. BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

THIS FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS ON MONDAY...AND TO THE REST OF THE STATE BY
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE.
AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM
WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE STATE.

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