HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ARKANSAS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION...
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME MORE ORGANIZED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
LATER IN THE DAY WHERE WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR WILL RESIDE.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE RESULTING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE
TWO SYSTEMS WILL CAUSE GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH PARTS OF NORTH ARKANSAS SEEING
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
RAIN WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM
THE STATE. RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST AGAIN FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THERE ARE VERY
LARGE DIFFERENCES IN THE COMPUTER MODELS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM AND THE FORECAST IS LIKELY TO CHANGE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE
SYSTEM ARRIVES.
.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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