777 AWUS44 KLZK 030952 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 525 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 HIGH CLOUDS INCREASED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FARTHER EAST. THE HIGH CLOUDS WERE FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING WERE MOSTLY IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. ON THE EARLY MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS...EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS...CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS. THE FRONT WAS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN THE PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS. THE HIGH HAS KEPT ARKANSAS IN A DRY WEATHER PATTERN...WITH STORM SYSTEMS DIVERTED TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT...ALLOWING THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING IN ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH INTO THE NATURAL STATE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE A STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE FRONT BACK INTO ARKANSAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  777 AWUS44 KLZK 030952 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 525 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 HIGH CLOUDS INCREASED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FARTHER EAST. THE HIGH CLOUDS WERE FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING WERE MOSTLY IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. ON THE EARLY MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS...EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS...CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS. THE FRONT WAS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN THE PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS. THE HIGH HAS KEPT ARKANSAS IN A DRY WEATHER PATTERN...WITH STORM SYSTEMS DIVERTED TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT...ALLOWING THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING IN ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH INTO THE NATURAL STATE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE A STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE FRONT BACK INTO ARKANSAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.