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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
527 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 145 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
-HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS, ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY AND COUNTRY ROADS, AS A DENSE SNOW
AND SLEET PACK SLOWLY ERODE
-ANOTHER INTRUSION OF ARCTIC AIR, INCLUDING POSSIBLE SNOW
FLURRIES TONIGHT, IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO THE WEEKEND
-WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH POPS INCREASING
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 532 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
A COMBO OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS WERE STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY
THIS FRIDAY MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK PASSING UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM. A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE DAYLIGHT OTHERWISE
INCREASING CLOUDS WILL BE THE ONLY NOTICEABLE FEATURE. TEMPS ACROSS
THE STATE RANGED FROM THE MID 20S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. WHERE TEMPS
WERE BELOW FREEZING (CNTRL AND N AR), BLACK ICE AND/OR REFREEZING OF
SLUSH AND SNOW WILL MAKE THE MORNING COMMUTE TREACHEROUS, ESPECIALLY
ON SECONDARY AND COUNTRY ROADS. THIS THAW/REFREEZE CYCLE IS
ANTICIPATED GO ON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT ACROSS AR AS COLD AIR SQUEEZES OUT ANY AVAILABLE MOISTURE
BENEATH A PASSING POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH. BY SATURDAY
NIGHT, 1040-1045MB SURFACE HIGH SHOULD BE CENTERED OVER THE
REGION. THE COLDEST DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY TOPPING
OUT THE MID/UPPER 20S (CNTRL/N AR) TO LOWER 30S (S AR). LOWS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS (N AR) TO LOWER/MID TEENS (CNTRL/SRN AR). WIND
CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING COULD FEEL LIKE 0-10
DEGREES BELOW ZERO (CNTRL/NRN AR) TO 0-5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO (SRN
AR). GIVEN THESE EXPECTED RANGES OF WIND CHILLS, A COLD WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
A NICE WARM UP IS EXPECTED EARLY-TO-MID WEEK AS SURFACE WINDS SWITCH
AROUND THE S/SW IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE. UPPER
LEVEL PATTERN WILL TRANSITION FROM NWRLY TO QUASI-ZONAL. POP CHANCES
WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPS
ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 40S TO NEAR 50 DEGREES. MELTING OF
REMAINING SNOW/SLEET PACK WILL CONTINUE. A COLD FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPS RETURNING TO NEAR AVERAGE INTO
THURSDAY.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 521 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
VFR CONDNS WERE NOTED OVER THE FA FRI EVNG. RECENT SAT IMGRY
DEPICTED MID-LVL CLOUD COVG OVER THE NWRN HALF OF THE STATE, AND
CONTINUING TO MOVE SEWRD. EXPECT COVG OF MID-LVL CLOUDS OVER MUCH
OF THE FA THRU THE OVERNIGHT PD, W/ CIGS FALLING TO MVFR LEVELS
ACRS NRN TERMINALS, AND EVENTUALLY IMPROVING BACK TO VFR AFTER
12Z SAT MRNG. STRONG AND GUSTY NRLY WINDS WL PREVAIL THRU THE PD
AS A CDFRNT MOVES THRU FRI EVNG, W/ SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10-15 KTS
AND GUSTS OF 20-25 KTS AT TIMES. ADDITIONALLY, RECENT SFC OBS OVER
NWRN AR INDICATED LIGHT SNOW, W/ MOSAIC RADAR SHOWING LIGHT
RETURNS OVER THE REGION. EXPECT PDS OF FLURRIES ACRS THE REGION
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH NO IMPACTFUL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 10 28 12 37 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 15 32 17 43 / 10 0 0 0
HARRISON AR 7 25 12 41 / 0 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 11 31 15 41 / 0 0 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 13 28 15 39 / 0 0 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 16 29 18 42 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 10 32 15 44 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 8 26 11 38 / 0 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 12 27 12 33 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 13 28 16 40 / 0 0 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 11 30 15 42 / 0 0 0 0
SEARCY AR 10 27 12 37 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 13 27 15 36 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY
FOR ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-
062>069-103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-
221>223-230-237-238-240-241-313-340-341.
SHORT TERM...70
LONG TERM....70
AVIATION...72
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