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FXUS64 KLZK 080512
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1212 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 146 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
-DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY
-CHANCES FOR RAINFALL RETURN FOR PORTIONS OF THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT
-BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS
A NEW COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 146 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
COLD FRONT HAS MOVED WELL SOUTH OF THE STATE AS OF EARLY THIS THU
MORNING...WITH MOST INTENSE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WELL SOUTH OVER
MS/AL. SOME LINGERING SHRA CONTINUES ACROSS SERN SECTIONS...WHICH
SHOULD CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HRS THIS THU.
SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE STATE BY THIS THU
AFTERNOON...WITH A CLEARING SKY EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS. HIGHS WILL
BE IN THE 60S AND 70S THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE
DOMINANT. THESE DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRI AS WELL...BUT
TEMPS WILL WARM AS THE SFC HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST...AND SRLY SFC FLOW
RETURNS. EXPECT HIGHS ON FRI IN THE 70S AND EVEN LOW 80S.
THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO SAT AS WELL...THROUGH A NEW
COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE STATE LATE FRI INTO
SAT. THIS MAY BRING SOME INCREASED POPS FOR PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...MAINLY ACROSS NRN SECTIONS FRI NIGHT. HIGHS ON SAT WILL BE IN
THE 70S AND 80S.
BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION COME ON SUN AS A STRONGER COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. SOME STRONG/SVR CONVECTION COULD BE
SEEN WITH THIS FRONT GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...BUT DETAILS REGARDING
THE EXACT SVR THREAT REMAIN UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT IN TIME. DRIER
AND CALMER CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THIS FRONT EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1207 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT
INTO MUCH OF FRIDAY. EXPECT S/SW WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
SOME GUSTS UP TO 17KT POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
TERMINALS WITH SCT/BKN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WITH A FEW LOWER
CLOUDS POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SOME SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE LATE IN
THE PERIOD ACROSS NORTHERN TERMINALS AFTER 00Z.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 76 57 82 60 / 0 10 0 10
CAMDEN AR 77 59 82 61 / 0 20 10 10
HARRISON AR 77 54 81 57 / 0 60 0 30
HOT SPRINGS AR 77 57 83 61 / 0 20 0 10
LITTLE ROCK AR 77 58 82 61 / 0 10 10 10
MONTICELLO AR 76 61 82 62 / 0 30 10 10
MOUNT IDA AR 77 58 82 61 / 0 30 10 10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 78 54 81 56 / 0 50 0 30
NEWPORT AR 77 58 82 59 / 0 10 0 10
PINE BLUFF AR 77 58 82 61 / 0 10 10 10
RUSSELLVILLE AR 80 57 84 61 / 0 20 0 20
SEARCY AR 76 55 81 58 / 0 10 0 10
STUTTGART AR 76 59 81 63 / 0 10 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...62
AVIATION...76
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