HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 905 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
NATURAL STATE OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE DRY AIR JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SLEET.
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY
BE IN THE FORM OF A COLD RAIN...WITH SLEET MIXED IN AT THE ONSET.
ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...OR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A
MENA...TO RUSSELLVILLE...TO BATESVILLE LINE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW.
HOWEVER...DUE TO THE LACK OF MOISTURE...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN LIGHT. IN THE NORTH...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF UP TO
AN INCH OF SNOWFALL. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...AND THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL LIQUID DURING THE MORNING
HOURS.
THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
STATE THURSDAY. DUE TO THE COLD AIR...SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...BUT WITH A LACK OF MOISTURE...ONLY LIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED. A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FOR NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE SUNDAY...WITH
WINTER WEATHER CHANCES RETURNING TO THE FORECAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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