Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR

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091 FXUS64 KLZK 162343 AAA AFDLZK Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 643 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 205 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 Scattered, diurnally driven convection has developed across parts of the north this afternoon. The upper high that has been the dominate feature of late has moved far enough to the east to allow convection to develop in the rather moist and unstable environment in place. Convection is expected to die off later this evening and a return to dry conditions for the overnight hours. Aforementioned upper high will be located over the southeast CONUS come Monday morning as troughing moves into the Pacific northwest. Southerly flow between these two systems will continue to draw in gulf moisture resulting in additional diurnal convection with POPS higher Monday afternoon as an upper level impulse moves through. Precipitation will be of the hit or miss variety and even where rain does fall, amounts will be very high with most areas averaging under a quarter of an inch. While widespread severe weather is not expected, a stray strong storm or to can not be ruled out in this type of environment. Temperatures will be slightly cooler versus the past several days with the increase in cloud cover and precipitation chances. Still, highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s are forecast. Overnight low temperatures are expected to drop into the upper 60s to mid 70s. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday Night through next Sunday) Issued at 205 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 An upper ridge will be situated over the eastern US at the start of the long term period with troughing noted across the West. Along the south/southwestern periphery of the eastern ridge, the flow will be from E-W along the Gulf Coast. This will allow a series of upper waves to move inland along the TX/LA portion of the coast. Regardless of actual tropical development in the Gulf this week, a period of heavy rain and potential flooding is expected along the TX coast. Some low chances for diurnally driven activity will remain possible on Wednesday across the state with temperatures remaining a bit cooler than what has been seen recently. By late week and into the weekend, the H500 ridge to the east of AR will gradually expand its influence and once again encompass the state. Chances for afternoon convection look to decrease and temperatures will likely increase. && .AVIATION...
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(00Z TAFS) Issued at 641 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 Sfc high pressure wl be shifting Ewrd thru tonight, w/ incrsg high cloud cover expected fm the S/E heading into Mon mrng. Expect some covg of precip, including VCSH/TS to develop over Cntrl to Ern and S/Ern AR Mon aftn, and have included VCTS groups accordingly. Otherwise, incrsg cloud cover and light Srly winds wl be noted thru the PD w/ VFR condns prevailing. /72/
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&& .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 74 88 72 87 / 0 50 10 30 Camden AR 73 91 71 86 / 0 50 10 30 Harrison AR 70 88 70 86 / 0 20 0 20 Hot Springs AR 73 90 71 89 / 0 40 10 30 Little Rock AR 75 90 74 89 / 0 50 10 30 Monticello AR 73 90 73 86 / 10 70 10 30 Mount Ida AR 71 90 70 88 / 0 40 10 30 Mountain Home AR 72 88 71 86 / 0 30 10 30 Newport AR 76 90 73 87 / 0 50 10 30 Pine Bluff AR 74 90 73 87 / 0 50 10 30 Russellville AR 74 90 73 89 / 0 40 10 30 Searcy AR 73 90 72 87 / 0 50 10 30 Stuttgart AR 76 90 74 86 / 0 50 10 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...56 LONG TERM....67 AVIATION...72