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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
524 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVED OVER THE
STATE. HOWEVER...BY AROUND MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING...MUCH OF THE
RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE STATE...WITH JUST SOME LINGERING
SHOWERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THIS MORNING...MOST LOCATIONS
WERE DRY...WITH JUST SOME ISOLATED SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS SEEN
ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES
THIS MORNING HAD DROPPED DOWN INTO THE LOW 50S ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST...TO THE LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SOME PATCHY FOG WAS ALSO DEVELOPING AS RESULT
OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM EAST TO WEST THROUGH
ABOUT MIDDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE STATE. CLEARING
SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID 70S TO MID
80S ACROSS THE STATE. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL REMAIN LOW FOR MOST
LOCATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY...EXCEPT FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 70S ACROSS THE
NORTH...TO THE MID AND UPPER 80S ACROSS THE SOUTH. MORNING LOWS
THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...WITH COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE. THIS
AIR MASS WILL KEEP MOST OF THE STATE DRY FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE
50S AND 60S INTO THE WEEKEND.

WARMING CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS WINDS RETURN TO THE SOUTH...AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXPANDS
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

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