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FXUS64 KLZK 300526
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1226 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 200 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2026
- WARMING TREND EXPECTED TO COMMENCE TODAY
- RAIN CHANCES RETURN MID/LATE WEEK WITH PATTERN CHANGE
- MONITORING SATURDAY/SAT EVENING FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 200 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2026
SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE STATE EARLY THIS SUNDAY MORNING
WITH WINDS NEARLY CALM OR CALM. PREDAWN TEMPS HAD FALLEN INTO THE
UPPER 30S TO MID 40S THROUGH EFFICIENT RADIATIONAL COOLING. BY
DAYLIGHT, TEMPS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. TODAY,
WINDS WILL SWITCH AROUND TO THE S/SW BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. THE
COMBINATION OF MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH RETURN FLOW
WILL AID HIGH TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S.
ALOFT, THE PATTERN WILL TRANSITION TO ZONAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS,
REINFORCING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS ACROSS REGION. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO
CLIMB WELL INTO THE 80S THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH LITTLE TO NO
APPRECIABLE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE LITTLE ROCK CWA.
QUASI-ZONAL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS A LOW AMPLITUDE
SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVE OUT OF THE PAC NW INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE SHORT WAVE WILL EJECT INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS/MID
MS VALLEY. A SURFACE LOW TRAVERSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL
HAVE A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING BACK TO THE SW INTO TX.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSISTED BY ADDITIONAL FORCING
FOR ASCENT FROM AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH. PRECIPITATION ONSET TIME
RANGES FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A LACK OF UPPER LEVEL JET DYNAMICS SHOULD LIMIT STORM ORGANIZATION
AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL
ACROSS THE REGION SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IN
THE DAYS TO FOLLOW. PRECIPITATION CHANCES REMAIN HIGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF A LULL ON
FRIDAY BUT RAIN CHANCES RETURN AGAIN ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS THIS ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION COULD BRING A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. BETTER
MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE, TIMING OF DAY BETTER ALIGNED WITH
AVAILABLE INSTABILITY, AND FORCING FOR ASCENT STRONGER THROUGH A
MORE POTENT TROUGH PIVOTING ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS.
THE PROBABILITIES FOR BENEFICIAL RAINFALL ARE INCREASING MID/LATE
WEEK. PROBABILISTIC GUIDANCE SUGGEST 30-70% OF GREATER THAN 2"
RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS A LARGE PART OF AR AND
20-50% OF GREATER THAN 3" RAINFALL ACROSS A SMALLER FOOTPRINT OF
AR. WHILE THESE PROBABILITIES SEEM LOW AT THE MOMENT, REMEMBER WE
ARE STILL FOUR-SEVEN DAYS OUT FROM THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1221 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026
VFR CONDNS WERE NOTED ACRS THE FA NEAR 06Z SUN NIGHT. EXPECT A
PLUME OF MVFR CIGS TO MOVE INTO SERN AR LATER SUN NIGHT, W/ ASCTD
MID-LVL CLOUD COVG EXTENDING INTO CNTRL AR. SOME LLWS WL BE
POSSIBLE ACRS NRN TERMINALS ASCTD W/ AN H850 LLJ. THE
AFOREMENTIONED LOWER STRATUS SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE LATER INTO
MON AFTN AS SRN WINDS INDUCE DEEPER MIXING, W/ VFR CONDNS
RESUMING AT SERN TERMINALS, AND MAINLY BKN HIGHER CLOUD COVG
NOTED. GUSTY SRLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS, AND GUSTS NEAR 20 KTS WL
PREVAIL THRU MON AFTN.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 82 63 84 64 / 0 0 0 30
CAMDEN AR 84 59 85 63 / 0 0 10 10
HARRISON AR 84 63 83 62 / 0 0 10 50
HOT SPRINGS AR 83 60 84 62 / 0 0 0 10
LITTLE ROCK AR 83 62 85 64 / 0 0 0 10
MONTICELLO AR 82 63 85 65 / 10 0 10 10
MOUNT IDA AR 83 60 83 63 / 0 0 0 20
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 84 62 85 61 / 0 0 0 40
NEWPORT AR 81 64 84 65 / 0 0 0 20
PINE BLUFF AR 82 62 85 63 / 0 0 10 10
RUSSELLVILLE AR 85 61 86 63 / 0 0 0 30
SEARCY AR 82 60 85 62 / 0 0 0 20
STUTTGART AR 81 64 84 65 / 10 0 10 10
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...70
LONG TERM....70
AVIATION...72
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