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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
925 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF ARKANSAS TODAY...AND A FEW STORMS AFFECTED SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE WARM SIDE TODAY...WITH READINGS
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 80S TO THE MID 90S. A COUPLE OF STATIONS MADE
IT INTO THE UPPER 90S...WITH JONESBORO TOPPING OUT AT 98...AND
BLYTHEVILLE AT 97.
BY MID EVENING...READINGS HAD FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.
A COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH
LATER TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH
RAIN CHANCES INCREASING OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE
FRONT GETS CLOSER. PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE OVERNIGHT...WITH WARM AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUING. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL ONLY TO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
WEDNESDAY WILL SEE MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE
FRONT PUSHES INTO THE STATE. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES
OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO
THE REGION LATE FRIDAY...WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST AS THE
FRONT PUSHES OUT OF THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW MOSTLY DRY
CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE STATE FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SLIGHT
CHANCES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY.
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