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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
545 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013

.AVIATION...
FREEZING FOG WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH FZFG PREVAILING AT MOST SITES
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT AFTER
SUNRISE...WITH MOST LOCATIONS MVFR BY AFTERNOON.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

AREAS OF FRZG DRIZZLE/FOG LINGERING THRU MUCH OF THE MRNG ACRS THE
FA...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDS. PATCHY FRZG FOG STILL
NOTED IN SOME AREAS...MAINLY ACRS NRN AR. MID AFTN TEMPS RANGED FM
THE LOWER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S.

SWLY FLOW ALOFT WL BRING ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE ACRS THE REGION
TNGT...BRINGING SMALL CHCS OF MIXED PRECIP TO MAINLY SERN AR. SFC
TEMPS WL HOVER CLOSE TO OR JUST BLW FRZG...WITH SMALL CHCS OF
RAIN/FRZG RAIN EXPECTED. VERY LGT QPF AMTS ANTICIPATED AND NOT
EXPECTING ANY HEADLINES. WL ALSO CONT TO MENTION PTCHY FRZG FOG OVR
MAINLY NRN AND CNTRL AR WHERE TEMPS WL RMN BLW 32F.

YET ANOTHER UPR LVL SYS WL TRACK ACRS AR MON NGT. THIS SYS WL
INTERACT WITH A WEAK CDFNT DROPPING SEWD THRU THE FA TO PRODUCE A
LGT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIP. PARTS OF NRN AR COULD SEE A LGT DUSTING OF
SNOW...BUT AMTS WL BE UNDER AN INCH AT BEST. WITH THE LGT PRECIP
AMTS EXPECTED...HEADLINES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ATTM. BUT WL CONT TO
MONITOR TRENDS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ADVY/S THAT MIGHT BE
NEEDED AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS.

HIGH PRES LOOKS TO FINALLY GAIN A FOOTING ACRS THE MID SOUTH AS WE
HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. EXPECT TO SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF
SUNSHINE...BUT TEMPS WL RMN UNSEASONABLY COLD.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO
BEGIN THE PERIOD. THIS UPPER LOW WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE
PLAINS FRIDAY AND TO THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY. ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES
INTO THE ROCKIES SATURDAY AND THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WITH DRY AIR.
THIS HIGH WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOISTURE
WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. CHANCES OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL INCREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...CHANGING TO ALL RAIN
LATE FRIDAY MORNING. CHANCES OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THE
NORTH WILL HAVE CHANCES OF FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY
MORNING. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE UPPER TROUGH ON SUNDAY WILL PUSH THE
PRECIPITATION TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SLOW WARMING TREND
IS EXPECTED FOR THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL BY THE
END OF THE WEEKEND.
&&

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

$$

AVIATION...58