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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

CLOUDS INCREASED FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE BEGAN MOVING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...BRINGING
SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE SYSTEM
WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE PASSES BY TO
THE SOUTH. ELSEWHERE...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. THE CLOUD
COVER HELPED SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES...WITH HIGHS TODAY RANGING IN THE
LOWER TO MID 70S NORTH TO MID 80S SOUTH.

A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE.
ANY CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH AND
WEST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE COOL ACROSS
THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER
50S. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKNASAS...LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID
50S TO MID 60S.

PLEASANT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY AS THIS DRIER AND COOLER
AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S
TO UPPER 70S...WITH SATURDAY MORNING LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID
60S.

BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE STATE WILL HAVE RAIN CHANCES RETURN AS WEAK DISTURBANCES PASS
OVERHEAD.  HOWEVER...MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY
SOUTHERN ARKNASAS WILL REMAIN DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO SLOWLY
WARM OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

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