463

AWUS44 KLZK 022050

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

425 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



SKIES BECAME PARTLY CLOUDY OVER MOST OF THE NATURAL STATE THIS   

AFTERNOON. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 70S TO 

THE MID 80S. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTED OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR AT MANY 

REPORTING LOCATIONS ACROSS ARKANSAS.



HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO BE THE DOMINANT 

WEATHER FEATURE ONCE AGAIN TODAY...KEEPING STORM SYSTEMS WELL TO THE 

WEST AND NORTH OF ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END 

OF THE WEEK...WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS 

POSSIBLE AT BEST AT ANY ONE LOCATION.



TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... 

AND THIS TOO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  



A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH AND WEST THIS 

WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...BUT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO 

ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD 

OF THE FRONT...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.



THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT AND REMAIN NEAR THE MISSOURI 

BORDER REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY OVER THE 

NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS.










463

AWUS44 KLZK 022050

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

425 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



SKIES BECAME PARTLY CLOUDY OVER MOST OF THE NATURAL STATE THIS   

AFTERNOON. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 70S TO 

THE MID 80S. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTED OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR AT MANY 

REPORTING LOCATIONS ACROSS ARKANSAS.



HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO BE THE DOMINANT 

WEATHER FEATURE ONCE AGAIN TODAY...KEEPING STORM SYSTEMS WELL TO THE 

WEST AND NORTH OF ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END 

OF THE WEEK...WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS 

POSSIBLE AT BEST AT ANY ONE LOCATION.



TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... 

AND THIS TOO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  



A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH AND WEST THIS 

WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...BUT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO 

ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD 

OF THE FRONT...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.



THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT AND REMAIN NEAR THE MISSOURI 

BORDER REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY OVER THE 

NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS.