HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN SPOTTY AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH HOT AND DRY WEATHER DURING THE SUMMER...WITH REMAIN TO THE WEST OF ARKANSAS. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CREATE A NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT LOCALLY. THE FLOW WILL BRING DISTURBANCES INTO THE REGION FROM THE PLAINS...AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS. ONE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE STALLING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY. HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POP UP IN THE COMING DAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. STORMS WILL TEND TO BE MORE NUMEROUS AROUND INCOMING FRONTS. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...AND THERE COULD BE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE NORTH BY THE END OF THE WEEK. TWO TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE HOT STATEWIDE ON TUESDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOMEWHAT IN THE NORTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAT CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THE HEAT IN THE SOUTH SHOULD SUBSIDE BY NEXT WEEKEND AFTER THE SECOND FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:38:36 +0000
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