159 AWUS44 KLZK 040214 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 925 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE THE RULE ACROSS ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUMS WERE IN THE 80S STATEWIDE. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TONIGHT...SKIES ARE GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY. MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S. AT MID EVENING...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND ALLOW THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT ON FRIDAY OVER THE PLAINS STATES. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO OTHER PARTS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ELSEWHERE FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY AS THE FRONT DRIFTS INTO THE STATE. 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 BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  159 AWUS44 KLZK 040214 SWSAR ARKANSAS AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 925 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE THE RULE ACROSS ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUMS WERE IN THE 80S STATEWIDE. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TONIGHT...SKIES ARE GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY. MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S. AT MID EVENING...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED STRONG TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND ALLOW THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS TO SAG INTO ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT ON FRIDAY OVER THE PLAINS STATES. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO OTHER PARTS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ELSEWHERE FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY AS THE FRONT DRIFTS INTO THE STATE. 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 BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.