751  
FXUS64 KLZK 181744  
AFDLZK  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR  
1244 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
ISSUED AT 206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
-SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS  
AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER NW SECTIONS OF THE  
AREA. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  
POSSIBLE WITH STRONGEST ACTIVITY  
 
-CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NEARLY EVERY DAY  
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEEING MORE  
SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS ON FRI  
 
-HOT/HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN SOMEWHAT COOLER  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
LOOKING FOR A NEAR REPEAT IN THE FORECAST THIS THU COMPARED TO WHAT  
WAS OBSERVED ON WED...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S...AND CONTINUED  
CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. HOWEVER...DO THINK THE COVERAGE OF  
CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER WRN SECTIONS...WILL BE A BIT BETTER.  
EXPECT MORE NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA FOR WRN SECTIONS...WHICH WILL BE  
RESULT OF AN UPPER SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WHILE  
WIDESPREAD SVR WX IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG TO SVR STORMS COULD  
BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS WRN/NWRN  
SECTIONS...WITH THE APPROACH OF THE SHORTWAVE. LARGE HAIL AND  
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST  
STORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE.  
 
BY FRI...THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM  
THE WEST...BRINGING BETTER CHANCES FOR MORE NUMEROUS CONVECTION ON  
FRI INTO FRI NIGHT FOR A LARGER PORTION OF THE STATE. GIVEN THIS  
UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES...WILL CONTINUE WITH  
THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED STRONG TO SVR WX TO REMAIN LOW ON FRI.  
AGAIN...THIS DOESN'T RULE OUT ANY ISOLATED STRONG/SVR CONVECTION  
STILL BEING POSSIBLE HOWEVER.  
 
FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE PERSISTENTLY NW BY THE WEEKEND INTO  
EARLY NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL UPPER WAVES WILL PASS OVER THE REGION IN  
THIS NW FLOW ALOFT...WITH SOME CONTINUED POPS FORECAST THROUGH THE  
END OF THE FORECAST. IN FACT...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS A CLOSED  
UPPER LOW MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS  
WILL MOSTLY LIKELY KEEP TEMPS COOLER THAN IN THE PAST WEEK...AT  
LEAST A BIT CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR MID/LATE SEP. DETAILS ON BEST  
PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN HOWEVER...GIVEN TIMING  
DIFFERENCES OF THE UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE REGION...AND WHAT UPPER  
WAVES MAY PASS OVERHEAD AND WHEN.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1234 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE STATE  
BRINGING ISOLATED TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WESTERN  
PART OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. BEHIND THE INITIAL  
DISTURBANCE, A COLD FRONT/TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARD AND INTO THE  
STATE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THE EARLY  
MORNING HOURS BRINGING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE STATE.  
 
ELECTED TO INTRODUCE PROB30 GROUPS AT ALL TAF SITES WITH CURRENT  
THINKING ON TIMING FOR EACH TERMINAL. MAIN AVIATION IMPACTS WITH  
BE A BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CEILINGS, GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS, AND  
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL  
THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
BATESVILLE AR 66 90 65 92 / 20 40 10 10  
CAMDEN AR 67 89 66 93 / 20 40 0 10  
HARRISON AR 63 84 63 85 / 50 50 10 20  
HOT SPRINGS AR 67 88 66 92 / 30 50 10 10  
LITTLE ROCK AR 69 88 68 91 / 20 30 10 10  
MONTICELLO AR 70 92 68 95 / 20 30 0 0  
MOUNT IDA AR 66 88 64 91 / 40 50 10 10  
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 64 87 63 88 / 40 40 10 10  
NEWPORT AR 68 91 66 92 / 10 30 10 10  
PINE BLUFF AR 68 91 66 93 / 20 30 10 0  
RUSSELLVILLE AR 67 89 66 92 / 40 40 10 10  
SEARCY AR 67 90 66 92 / 20 30 10 10  
STUTTGART AR 69 89 68 93 / 20 20 10 0  
 
 
   
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...62  
AVIATION...KELLY  
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