FXUS64 KLZK 240401
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1001 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
.UPDATE...
CURRENT FCST RMNS ON TRACK. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED TSRA WL
CONT TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE FA OVERNIGHT. WHILE SOME STRONG/SVR
STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVR PARTS OF SRN AR...MAIN CONCERN
TNGT WL BE THE HVY RAIN THREAT. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY PICKED
UP 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THIS AFTN.
UPDATED HRLY TEMPS TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. ACTUALLY REWORKED
TEMPS TO REFLECT A STEADY OR SLOLY RISING TREND OVERNIGHT AS THE
STORM SYS APCHS FM THE SW. NO OTHER CHGS TO FCST ATTM. /44/
.CLIMATE...
THE RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR TODAY IN LITTLE ROCK AS OF MID
EVENING WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE 2009 THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE
CITY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 527 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009/
AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AR...WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CIGS WILL BE GENERALLY MVFR THROUGH MUCH
OF THE PERIOD...WITH OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS WITHIN THE HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS AND STORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. BREEZY SE WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR MOST SITES...WITH A STRONG
COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO HRO NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL
SWITCH TO THE NW BEHIND THIS FRONT...SUSTAINED AT 15-20 KTS...WITH
GUSTS TO 30 KTS POSSIBLE. THE REST OF THE SITES WILL SEE THE FRONT
PUSH THROUGH AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD.
&&
.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT
SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-
LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN
BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER-
BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-
IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-
MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-
PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL.
&&
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