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FXUS64 KLZK 312310 AAA
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2026
..NEW AVIATION
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
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 507 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2026
VFR CONDNS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE NEW TAF PD W/ ONLY MID LVL CLOUD
COVER TO NOTE ACRS THE WRN HALF OF THE FA. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SETTLE OVER THE REGION THRU TONIGHT, W/ WINDS RELAXING OR BECOMING
LIGHT/VARIABLE AT MOST SITES AFTER 00Z SAT NIGHT. SW WINDS SHOULD
RESUME AT MOST TERMINALS ON SUN.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 13 38 24 51 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 17 46 26 62 / 10 10 0 0
HARRISON AR 13 41 27 57 / 10 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 16 43 26 57 / 20 0 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 15 40 26 54 / 10 0 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 18 44 29 59 / 10 0 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 15 44 27 60 / 20 0 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 11 40 22 53 / 0 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 11 35 23 46 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 16 41 25 56 / 10 10 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 16 43 24 57 / 20 0 0 0
SEARCY AR 12 37 21 51 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 14 38 25 51 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...62
AVIATION...72
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