FXUS64 KLZK 161027
AFDLZK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
427 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TODAY.
A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT WILL HEAD THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS...WITH SOME
HIGH CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. GIVEN
THIS...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS...AND BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.

THE HIGH WILL SLIDE TO THE EAST THURSDAY/FRIDAY...WITH
TEMPERATURES MODIFYING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS. THE SYSTEM IN TEXAS
WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST...AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE SYSTEM WILL
AVOID ARKANSAS...WITH NO PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST.

MEANWHILE...A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF THE
REGION LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD LIGHT
SNOW ACROSS THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...BUT NOTHING
MORE THAN CLOUDS IN ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BEHIND THE 
SYSTEM...AND WILL RETURN TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS.
&&

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPS COOL THROUGH THE LONG TERM AS 
REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOL AIR SURGE SOUTH WILL THE HELP OF 
SHORTWAVES MOVING OVERHEAD. SUN NIGHT...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE 
TO SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NERN 
COUNTIES...BUT KEEP POPS FAIRLY LOW AS MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED. 
BEYOND SUN NIGHT...NW UPPER FLOW CONTINUES...BUT THE BULK OF THE 
SHORTWAVE ENERGY SHIFTS A BIT FURTHER NE OF AR...SO KEEP POPS BELOW 
MENTION MON AND TUE. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30S AND 40S FOR 
HIGHS...WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 20S.  
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     46  26  52  31 /   0   0  10  10 
CAMDEN AR         51  29  52  35 /   0   0  10  10 
HARRISON AR       49  27  52  30 /   0   0   0  10 
HOT SPRINGS AR    50  28  54  34 /   0   0  10  10 
LITTLE ROCK   AR  49  28  54  34 /   0   0  10  10 
MONTICELLO AR     49  30  52  35 /  10  10  10  10 
MOUNT IDA AR      51  28  54  34 /   0   0  10  10 
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  47  26  51  30 /   0   0   0  10 
NEWPORT AR        46  26  52  32 /   0   0  10  10 
PINE BLUFF AR     49  29  53  34 /   0   0  10  10 
RUSSELLVILLE AR   49  27  54  32 /   0   0  10  10 
SEARCY AR         48  27  54  32 /   0   0  10  10 
STUTTGART AR      48  28  54  34 /   0   0  10  10 
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM...62