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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE WEATHER ACROSS ARKANSAS
TODAY...PROVIDING WARM AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE NATURAL
STATE.  MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME BREAKS OF SUN PREVAILED DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM
THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S.  THE WINDS WERE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 10
TO OCCASIONALLY 15 MPH.

AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAY BE SEEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY BEFORE SUNSET...BUT DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET.  PARTLY
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.

FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN WARMER...WITH 80S STATEWIDE
AND SOME LOCATIONS NEARING THE 90 DEGREE MARK.  BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

THE FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS ON MONDAY...AND TO THE REST OF THE STATE BY
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR
SEVERE.  AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM
SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

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