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AWUS44 KLZK 030218

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

925 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED STATEWIDE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH

TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 79 AT FAYETTEVILLE AND HARRISON TO 85 AT 

JONESBORO AND NORTH LITTLE ROCK. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BEGAN TO SUBSIDE 

AROUND SUNSET.



A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO BE 

THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ONCE AGAIN. THIS KEPT ALL STORM SYSTEMS 

WELL TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS 

OR THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND NORTH BY WEEKS 

END. 



WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 

A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL...AND THIS TOO WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  



ALL INDICATIONS ARE AT THIS TIME THAT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO 

ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST 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.



HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN WIN OUT AND THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL. 

IT WILL 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.
























113

AWUS44 KLZK 030218

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

925 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED STATEWIDE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH

TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 79 AT FAYETTEVILLE AND HARRISON TO 85 AT 

JONESBORO AND NORTH LITTLE ROCK. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BEGAN TO SUBSIDE 

AROUND SUNSET.



A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO BE 

THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ONCE AGAIN. THIS KEPT ALL STORM SYSTEMS 

WELL TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS 

OR THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND NORTH BY WEEKS 

END. 



WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING 

A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL...AND THIS TOO WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.  



ALL INDICATIONS ARE AT THIS TIME THAT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO 

ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST 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.



HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN WIN OUT AND THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL. 

IT WILL 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.