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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
925 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

AFTER SOME RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION MOSTLY ENDED AND
CLOUDS THINNED OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE ONE STORM MANAGED TO
REDEVELOP NEAR EL DORADO...IT DISSIPATED BEFORE EVENING AND IT WAS
DRY STATEWIDE AFTER DARK. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WERE IN THE 70S
AND 80S...AND RANGED FROM 73 DEGREES AT BLYTHEVILLE TO 85 DEGREES
AT FORT SMITH AND RUSSELLVILLE.

ON THE FRIDAY EVENING WEATHER MAP...THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT
RAIN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAD EXITED TO THE EAST. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WAS SET TO BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE PLAINS...WITH A
WARM AND DRY SATURDAY IN THE FORECAST. LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY
NEXT WEEK...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN
THE 60S...AND THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING. HIGHS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S.

THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL FINALLY BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INTO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS ON MONDAY...AND TO
THE REST OF THE STATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE GIVEN THE SLOW
PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT.

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