Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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722 FXUS64 KLZK 151118 AFDLZK Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 618 AM CDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Monday Night) Issued at 330 AM CDT Sun Sep 15 2024 Remnants of Tropical Cyclone Francine will continue to meander around the region through the period keeping precipitation chances in the forecast before ending Monday evening, at the earliest. The latest surface and satellite information show the center of circulation remains somewhere over northern Mississippi, in roughly the same place it was 24 hours ago. System remains cut off from the prevailing upper flow and is forecast by guidance to slowly sink to the south through Monday night. Guidance remains consistent in higher precipitation chances today and into Monday versus what was seen on Saturday. Tropical moisture surges into the region on northeast winds, rotates around the remnant low, and produces widespread showers over mainly the eastern half of the state with what looks to be a fairly sharp POP gradient westward. Rainfall totals could approach an inch over parts of eastern Arkansas through Monday with lesser amounts further west. Clouds will persist over the east with decreasing amounts over central and especially western sections. Temperatures will range from the mid 70s over the east to the mid 80s over the west both Sunday and Monday. Overall conditions will begin to dry out Monday night into Tuesday as the remnant low finally sinks to the south and upper ridging begins to build into central plains. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday through Saturday) Issued at 330 AM CDT Sun Sep 15 2024 Mid-level ridging will build across the south-central to Midwest states through much of the week. Dry conditions with near-average to above-average temperatures are forecast, with highs in the 80s to lower 90s and lows temps in the 60s. By next weekend, long-term models return slight rain chances to the forecast area, mainly across western portions of the state, as an upper trough sweeps across the central CONUS. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 612 AM CDT Sun Sep 15 2024 The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Francine will meander around the Mississippi River Valley through the period. Light northeast winds will prevail and continue to feed mid to low level moisture over the terminals with widely showers likely. Widespread MVFR to occasional IFR conditions are expected through the period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 74 66 81 62 / 90 60 30 0 Camden AR 83 68 80 64 / 40 20 50 0 Harrison AR 78 64 79 60 / 30 20 30 0 Hot Springs AR 82 67 81 65 / 40 30 40 0 Little Rock AR 80 70 81 67 / 70 50 40 0 Monticello AR 82 70 80 66 / 70 40 40 0 Mount Ida AR 82 65 81 63 / 30 20 40 0 Mountain Home AR 76 65 80 62 / 50 30 30 0 Newport AR 76 67 81 63 / 80 60 30 0 Pine Bluff AR 80 68 79 64 / 70 60 40 0 Russellville AR 80 67 80 64 / 40 30 30 0 Searcy AR 77 67 81 64 / 80 60 50 0 Stuttgart AR 78 69 80 65 / 80 70 50 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...56 LONG TERM....71 AVIATION...56