641

AWUS44 KLZK 032054

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

425 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



CLOUD COVER INCREASED OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES

CLIMBED AND ALLOWED THE FORMATION OF CUMULUS CLOUDS. A FEW SHOWERS

DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 

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

MID 80S.

 

ON THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST 

OF ARKANSAS HAD MOVED LITTLE AND EXTENDED 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 ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR

THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY NOTED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.



THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE 

COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT ON FRIDAY OVER 

THE PLAINS STATES. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD WORK INTO PARTS OF 

WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. 



CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ELSEWHERE FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE ON 

SATURDAY AS THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT DRIFTS INTO ARKANSAS.



SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY DRY AGAIN...BEFORE ANOTHER STORM 

SYSTEM PUSHES A COLD FRONT ACROSS ARKANSAS MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AS IT 

MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.  



AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER 

AIR WILL ARRIVE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.














641

AWUS44 KLZK 032054

SWSAR 

ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

425 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



CLOUD COVER INCREASED OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES

CLIMBED AND ALLOWED THE FORMATION OF CUMULUS CLOUDS. A FEW SHOWERS

DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 

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

MID 80S.

 

ON THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST 

OF ARKANSAS HAD MOVED LITTLE AND EXTENDED 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 ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR

THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY NOTED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.



THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN A BIT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALLOWING THE 

COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT ON FRIDAY OVER 

THE PLAINS STATES. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD WORK INTO PARTS OF 

WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. 



CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ELSEWHERE FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE ON 

SATURDAY AS THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT DRIFTS INTO ARKANSAS.



SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY DRY AGAIN...BEFORE ANOTHER STORM 

SYSTEM PUSHES A COLD FRONT ACROSS ARKANSAS MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AS IT 

MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.  



AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER 

AIR WILL ARRIVE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.