FXUS64 KLZK 051149
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
549 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009
.AVIATION...
WINDS WILL PICK UP SOMEWHAT TOWARD MIDMORNING...THEN DIMINISH
TOWARD SUNSET. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT FOR SOME CI
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.
&&
.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.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR 46 24 45 31 / 0 10 30 40
CAMDEN AR 48 24 51 38 / 0 10 30 40
HARRISON AR 45 23 43 29 / 0 10 30 30
HOT SPRINGS AR 48 24 47 34 / 0 10 30 30
LITTLE ROCK AR 47 26 47 35 / 0 10 30 40
MONTICELLO AR 47 26 52 38 / 0 10 30 50
MOUNT IDA AR 48 24 45 33 / 0 10 30 30
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 46 22 43 30 / 0 10 30 40
NEWPORT AR 45 26 47 33 / 0 10 30 40
PINE BLUFF AR 47 27 50 37 / 0 10 30 40
RUSSELLVILLE AR 47 24 44 32 / 0 10 30 30
SEARCY AR 46 25 47 33 / 0 10 30 40
STUTTGART AR 46 28 49 36 / 0 10 30 50
&&
.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
AVIATION...28
