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FXUS64 KLZK 310555
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1155 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
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1155 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS MAY BRING SOME MVFR AND
LIGHT SNOW TO THE WESTERN TERMINALS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS,
FAVORING KHRO, KHOT, AND KADF. OTHERWISE, ONCE THESE SHOWERS
DISSIPATE GOING INTO TOMORROW MORNING, SKIES SHOULD SCATTER OUT TO
WHERE ONLY SCT TO BKN HIGH CLOUDS PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE
REST OF THE PERIOD. COLDER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTH IS
RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTHERLY WIND WITH SOME GUSTS 20-25 KNOTS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, BEFORE DISSIPATING DURING
THE DAYTIME HOURS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 35 12 28 13 / 0 10 0 0
CAMDEN AR 47 14 32 17 / 0 10 0 10
HARRISON AR 30 7 25 13 / 0 10 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 43 11 30 16 / 0 10 0 10
LITTLE ROCK AR 38 13 28 16 / 0 10 0 10
MONTICELLO AR 38 17 30 19 / 0 10 0 10
MOUNT IDA AR 43 10 31 15 / 0 10 0 10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 31 8 26 11 / 0 10 0 0
NEWPORT AR 33 12 27 10 / 0 10 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 37 13 28 16 / 0 10 0 10
RUSSELLVILLE AR 43 11 31 15 / 0 10 0 10
SEARCY AR 38 11 29 12 / 0 10 0 0
STUTTGART AR 35 13 28 14 / 0 10 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 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.
DISCUSSION...99
AVIATION...77
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