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FXUS64 KLZK 052348
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
648 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 204 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
-TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NORMAL VALUES THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK
AHEAD
-DRY WEATHER PREVAILS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK, WITH RAIN CHANCES
RETURNING BY END OF WEEK
-ELEVATED FIRE DANGER PERSISTS THROUGH FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 204 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
RECENT NIGHT TIME SAT IMGRY DEPICTED CLEARING SKIES OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION, W/ SFC OBS INDICATING COLDER AND DRIER FILTERING INTO THE
NATURAL STATE.
SUN AND THRU AT LEAST MID-WEEK, WRN US H500 RIDGING WL AMPLIFY, W/
NWRLY FLOW PERSISTING OVER THE CNTRL US. AS SUCH, SFC HIGH PRESSURE
WL REMAIN ROOTED OVER THE CNTRL US, PROMOTING SETTLED AND DRIER
WEATHER CONDNS, AND TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE SEASONAL VALUES
ACRS THE FA.
BY MID-WEEK AND THRU THE END OF THE PD, THE AFOREMENTIONED RIDGING
IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN, W/ MEAN TROUGHING RETURNING OVER THE WRN TO
CNTRL US, AS ADVERTISED BY LATEST EPS/GEFS SOLNS. LOW-LVL SRLY FLOW
LOOKS TO RESUME W/ TEMPS WARMING AND SFC MOISTURE INCRSG, SIGNALING
A RETURN OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE SRN CNTRL US. AS OF NOW,
GREATER CONFIDENCE OF HIGHER CHC POPS IS FAVORED TOWARDS THE END OF
THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 647 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
VFR CONDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH WINDS BECOMING
LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. E/NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MON WITH
MAINLY SKC NOTED.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 65 42 71 46 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 68 42 72 43 / 0 0 0 0
HARRISON AR 63 40 70 43 / 0 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 67 43 71 45 / 0 0 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 66 44 71 47 / 0 0 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 66 45 71 47 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 67 41 71 43 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 64 39 71 43 / 0 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 65 42 71 46 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 65 42 70 44 / 0 0 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 68 41 72 45 / 0 0 0 0
SEARCY AR 66 41 71 45 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 64 43 69 47 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...72
LONG TERM....72
AVIATION...70
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