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Spot Forecast for Gulpha Gorge...NPS
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
211 AM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on August 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (501) 834-3955 and ask for the fire
weather forecaster if you have any questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Chances for some isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms are
forecast this Thursday afternoon/early evening. A new front will
drop south through the state starting today into much of
Friday...with drier and slightly cooler air filtering into the
state for the weekend. Hotter and more humid conditions return by
next week.


.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....69 at forecast start...Max 95.
Min humidity........100 percent at forecast start...Min 47 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............6 early in the morning.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Dispersion..........4 increasing to 26.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Peak Category Day...3.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....                        ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Temp............69  74  78  83  86  89  91  92  94  92  91
RH..............100 97  88  77  68  61  56  52  47  51  50
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..1   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.2   4   4   6   6   6   8   8   8   7   6
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.4 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.0 4.1 5.0 6.0 6.6 6.4 4.8
Category Day....1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   8
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  20  20  20  20

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Min 70.
Max humidity........Max 87 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Stability class.....6.
LVORI...............4.
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Dispersion..........18 decreasing to 4 in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Peak Category Day...2.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....ISO
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........ISO
Temp............90  88  84  80  78  76  75  74  73  73  72  71
RH..............52  57  63  72  76  79  82  82  84  84  84  87
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   NE  N   N   NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   4   4   2   2   2   2   2   2   4   5   6
MixHgtAGL (kft).2.7 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Category Day....2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.8   8   7   7   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.FRIDAY...

Max temperature.....Max 93.
Min humidity........Min 44 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Dispersion..........8 increasing to 27 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...4.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............71  70  72  76  82  84  86  89  90  90  92  89
RH..............84  87  87  79  65  63  57  52  49  47  44  47
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.4 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.2 3.8 5.6 7.0 7.8 7.9 7.3 5.7
Category Day....1   1   1   1   2   3   3   4   4   4   4   3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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Forecaster...62
Requested by...Wimberly
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620641.1/LZK
.DELDT 08/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Fenn_Wimberly@nps.gov