HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. THIS
MORNING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN
LOCATIONS...WHILE RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS. THIS
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE
ENTIRE STATE...AND LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED. OVERALL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
BE UP TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. TONIGHT...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS AS THIS SYSTEM PUSHES EAST
OUT OF ARKANSAS...AND A COLD FRONT SAGS INTO THE STATE. THE FRONT
WILL ALSO SPREAD LIGHT RAIN TO MUCH OF THE REST OF THE STATE ON
THURSDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY.
DUE TO THE COLD AIR...LIGHT SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN ARKANSAS...BUT WITH A LACK OF MOISTURE...ONLY LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED. LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST. ALSO THE FRONT
WILL SPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...BEFORE
ENDING LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED
STATES...AND BRING COLD AIR BACK TO THE STATE FOR NEW YEARS DAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
STATE SUNDAY...WITH POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER CHANCES RETURNING TO THE
FORECAST. OVERALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOW AT THIS TIME. THE
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD INTO THE COMING WEEK.
.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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