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FXUS64 KLZK 100739
AFDLZK

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
239 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Saturday Night)
Issued at 238 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

Quieter and much drier conditions are ongoing across the state early
this Fri morning in wake of the cold front that moved through on
Thu. SFC high pressure will settle across the region by tonight into
Sat...with weak SRLY flow returning for Sat afternoon/evening.
Forecast highs will be in the upper 60s to around 80 for this
afternoon...and a few deg warmer for Sat in the 70s to low 80s. Lows
will drop down into the upper 40s to upper 50s tonight/Sat
morning...and a few deg warmer for Sat night into Sun morning.
Expect the dry conditions to continue.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Sunday through Thursday)
Issued at 238 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

SUNDAY:

As far of the long-term forecast period begins, Sunday looks to be
the only completely dry day of the period across the CWA. An upper
lvl ridge is positioned over Arkansas with an approaching closed low
in the Central Plains region of the CONUS. A sfc high pressure
center will remain in positioned across the region keeping weather
conditions fair and dry, but cloud cover will increase from west to
east across Arkansas during the day on Sunday. Expect dry conditions
with temperatures near average compared to climatological normals
for this time of the year.

MONDAY/TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:

The workweek will be filled with a period of unsettled weather as
several upper lvl trofs will approach and move over the Natural
State during the week. At the sfc, multiple deepening low pressure
systems will become established leeward of the Rocky Mountain region
of the CONUS and move into the Central Plains region of the CONUS
with their attendant lifting warm fronts and approaching cold front
that will move across the state and provide ample opportunities for
showers and thunderstorms throughout the workweek. It remains too
far into the future to pin down if we will see another bout of
widespread severe weather across the CWA, but isolated severe
thunderstorms will not be out of the question during this period.
Stay tuned to future forecast discussions that will continue to
narrow down the specifics as we approach the workweek. In relation
to temperatures over this period, anticipate temperatures to remain
slightly above average compared to climatological normals for this
time of the year.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Batesville AR     75  54  81  57 /   0   0   0   0
Camden AR         80  55  81  60 /   0   0   0   0
Harrison AR       70  51  76  55 /   0   0   0   0
Hot Springs AR    80  54  82  60 /   0   0   0   0
Little Rock   AR  78  57  82  61 /   0   0   0   0
Monticello AR     80  58  81  62 /   0   0   0   0
Mount Ida AR      78  53  82  59 /   0   0   0   0
Mountain Home AR  73  51  78  54 /   0   0   0   0
Newport AR        75  54  80  58 /   0   0   0   0
Pine Bluff AR     78  56  81  61 /   0   0   0   0
Russellville AR   78  51  82  58 /   0   0   0   0
Searcy AR         76  54  81  58 /   0   0   0   0
Stuttgart AR      75  56  80  61 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...62
LONG TERM....74