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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
525 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ACROSS THE
NATURAL STATE TODAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL HAVE LESSENING INFLUENCE OVER
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS AT LEAST WITH REGARD TO RAIN CHANCES.

OVERNIGHT SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY AS HIGH CLOUDS STREAMED EAST INTO
ARKANSAS FROM CONVECTION IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM AROUND 50 IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO THE LOW TO MID 60S IN
THE SOUTHWEST AS OF 5 AM. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
NORMAL...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.

THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTROLLING WEATHER IN THE NATURAL STATE
WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EAST THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...A WARM FRONT
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. SOME
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM IN THE WEST IN RESPONSE
TO THIS FEATURE. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FURTHER AWAY ON
SUNDAY...ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DRY FORECAST IS IN
STORE FOR EARLY TO MID WEEK NEXT WEEK AS LACK OF MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY NOT SUPPORT ANY AFTERNOON...SUMMER-LIKE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...A GRADUAL WARM UP IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S TODAY WILL GRADUALLY
WARM TO MID 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S TONIGHT...BUT
WILL BE MAINLY IN THE MID 60S BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ONWARD.

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