HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER TEXAS TODAY...AND GRADUALLY MOVE
EAST AND SPREAD LIGHT RAIN TO PARTS OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE RAIN OVER THE AREA
WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH OR BECOME LIGHT SNOW....ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ANY SNOW AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...AND BE FROM A TRACE TO AROUND HALF AN INCH
ACROSS THE NORTH. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE IN NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN AFFECT OVER
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DUE TO THE WINTER WEATHER...SOME ROADS MAY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE CHANCE OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO
THURSDAY...BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL REMAIN AROUND
FREEZING OR BELOW...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS...AND THE
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING...AND MOSTLY
RAIN WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE. A MIXTURE OVER NORTHERN AREAS
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL STILL SEE A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SNOW OVER NORTHERN AREAS OF ARKANSAS.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND END ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
TURN ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION INTO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY EVENING.
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL. DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED NEW YEARS DAY AND SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE
STATE...AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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