HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 PM CST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE
NORTHEAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN EXPECTED BY MORNING
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE DAY
AND MOVING OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER LEVEL PART OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH...
COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO THE STATE.
ACROSS THE NORTH...RAIN WILL START TO MIX WITH WET SNOW AS EARLY AS
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. IT APPEARS GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN TOO WARM FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS BUT A DUSTING CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH. WHILE A FEW WET FLAKES CAN NOT
RULED OUT ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS...IT APPEARS THE DEEPEST MOISTURE
WILL EXIT THE REGION BEFORE THE COLD AIR ARRIVES. THE COLD AIR WILL
SETTLE SOUTHWARD FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT...AS AN UPPER
TROUGH DIVES DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST TWO NIGHTS OF THE SEASON
TO DATE WITH A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE. TEENS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTH AND WEST AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES DOWN INTO THE REGION
AND CLOUDS DECREASE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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