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FXUS64 KLZK 310744
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
144 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2026
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 143 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2026
-VERY COLD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS...AND WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
TO NORTHERN ARKANSAS
-FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT/SUNDAY
MORNING. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS EXPECTED
-WARMER CONDITIONS RETURN EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
-CHANCES FOR SHOWERS RETURN TO THE FORECAST WITH THE WARMER MID
WEEK WEATHER
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 143 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2026
A NEW ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE THIS EVENING...WITH
BREEZY NRLY WINDS NOTED LATE FRI EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HRS
THIS SAT MORNING. AHEAD OF THE UPPER SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTH...SOME
PATCHY FLURRIES WERE NOTED DROPPING SOUTH OVER THE STATE. WHILE MOST
AREAS WILL SEE ONLY A FEW FLAKES...THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT SEE
A FEW MORE INTENSE POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW WHERE A DUSTING MAY
ACCUMULATE. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER.
TEMPS BY AROUND SUNRISE WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THIS ARCTIC FRONT...WITH
LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. WITH THESE TEMPS...AND THE
BREEZY WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DIP WELL BELOW ZERO FOR MOST
AREAS...WITH SOME SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS SRN SECTIONS. WILL KEEP THE
COLD WX ADV GOING FOR THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF THESE COLD
CONDITIONS.
WINDS WILL RELAX BY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT LOWS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS
ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SUN MORNING. ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE LOOKS
TO DROP SOUTH OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH SOME MORE POTENTIAL
FOR A FEW FLURRIES AGAIN TONIGHT. NO IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY AS WELL.
SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH WARMER
CONDITIONS RETURNING. BY LATE MON AND ESPECIALLY ON TUE...SRLY FLOW
WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER DISTURBANCE THAT WILL
MOVE EAST OVER THE REGION. TEMPS WILL WARM WELL ABOVE FREEZING...AND
WHAT PRECIP WILL BE SEEN WITH THIS UPPER WAVE WILL BE MAINLY
SCATTERED SHRA...MAYBE EVEN AN ISOLATED TSRA.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION BY THE
MIDDLE/LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. COOLER AIR WILL THEN RETURN TO THE
STATE BY LATE IN THE FORECAST...BUT NOT AS COLD AS THE MOST RECENT
COLD AIR MASS.
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 28 13 39 24 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 32 17 46 23 / 0 10 0 0
HARRISON AR 25 13 43 27 / 0 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 30 16 43 25 / 0 10 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 28 16 41 25 / 0 10 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 30 19 44 27 / 0 10 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 31 15 45 26 / 0 10 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 26 11 42 22 / 0 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 27 10 35 22 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 28 16 42 24 / 0 10 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 31 15 44 22 / 0 10 0 0
SEARCY AR 29 12 39 20 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 28 14 37 23 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY 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...62
AVIATION...77
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