HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH
TONIGHT. AS THE HIGH MOVES AWAY FROM ARKANSAS...A STORM SYSTEM WILL
FORM ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
SYSTEM WILL LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTH...AND CLOUDS WILL THICKEN.
THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BY SATURDAY MORNING.
ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE. TOWARD THE LOUISIANA BORDER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE
FREEZING EARLY SATURDAY...WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN EXPECTED. IN
CENTRAL ARKANSAS...READINGS MAY DIP JUST BELOW THE FREEZING
MARK...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET
POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE IN THE FORECAST ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. IT WILL BE COLD...WITH AFTERNOON
READINGS ONLY IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S.
RAIN WILL END SATURDAY EVENING...WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS IN
THE FORECAST ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST
ON MONDAY...AND WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. DRIER AND COLDER
AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.
.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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