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AFDLZK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1133 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009

.AVIATION...
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS.
WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE
NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY. SCATTERED 5K FT CLOUDS
WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING...BUT VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 228 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009/

DISCUSSION...
CLEAR SKIES AND COLD AIR WERE IN PLACE ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE 
TONIGHT. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO 
UPPER 20S ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS PRESENT OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THIS 
MORNING...ALLOWING NORTHWEST FLOW TO BE PRESENT ACROSS ARKANSAS. 
TROUGH WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD...WITH FLOW BECOMING MORE 
SOUTHWESTERLY BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A TROUGH FORMS OVER THE 
WESTERN UNITED STATES. TROUGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD...MAKING ITS WAY TO 
THE CENTRAL U.S. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE PERIOD. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW 
WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO THE REGION BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

DRY WEATHER WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS 
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS SHIFTING EASTWARD. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE 
STATE LATE SUNDAY...ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...AS SURFACE LOW 
PRESSURE DEVELOPS JUST NORTH OF THE STATE. LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH 
NORTHEASTWARD ON MONDAY...TAKE ANY MOISTURE WITH IT. A CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY 
MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE 
STATE...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BELOW FREEZING LEVELS. 

DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN BRIEFLY MONDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND PUSH 
EASTWARD EARLY IN THE WEEK. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO ARKANSAS EARLY 
TUESDAY...OUT AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM. ONCE AGAIN INCLUDED 
A CHANCE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS EARLY 
TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK 
AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE 
PERIOD. 

FOR THE MOST PART...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR 
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
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.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
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AVIATION...58