014 AWUS44 KLZK 031624 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1125 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES COVERED THE NATURAL STATE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 50S TO MID 60S. BY LATE MORNING...READINGS HAD RISEN INTO THE 70S STATEWIDE. ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS...EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF THE STATE. 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. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING OVER ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH INTO THE NATURAL STATE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER 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.  014 AWUS44 KLZK 031624 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1125 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES COVERED THE NATURAL STATE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 50S TO MID 60S. BY LATE MORNING...READINGS HAD RISEN INTO THE 70S STATEWIDE. ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS...EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF THE STATE. 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. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING OVER ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH INTO THE NATURAL STATE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER 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.