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FXUS64 KLZK 012324
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
624 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1229 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
-RELATIVELY COOLER AND AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
-GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY
AND INTO SUNDAY.
-TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH
HEAT HEADLINES POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 155 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
SATURDAY (TODAY)/SUNDAY/MONDAY:
A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS IS PROGGED TO OCCUPY THE STATE BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE STATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THE SFC,
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION AND OVERALL TEMPERATURES NEAR TO
BELOW NORMAL WILL BE OBSERVED OVER THIS THREE-DAY STRETCH. THE COLD
FRONT IS PROGGED TO COMPLETELY CLEAR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MID-
SOUTH REGION OF THE CONUS BY MID-DAY TODAY. IN RESPONSE, POPS WILL
LOWER TO NEAR ZERO OVER THIS PERIOD ACROSS ARKANSAS WITH EXTREMELY
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND OF AUGUST INTO THE
BEGINNING OF THE UPCOMING WORKWEEK.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY:
AN ELONGATED UPPER LVL RIDGE BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE ENTIRE
SOUTHERN TIER OF THE CONUS EXTENDING FROM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
REGION OF THE CONUS TO OVER THE MID-SOUTH REGION OF THE CONUS. AT
THE SFC, HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. CONSEQUENTLY,
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVERALL AND A HOT AND DRY
PATTERN WILL ONCE AGAIN TAKE CONTROL OF THE FORECAST. BY THE MIDDLE
OF THE UPCOMING WEEK, HEAT PRODUCTS WILL ONCE AGAIN LIKELY BE
WARRANTED ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE AND POP CHANCES WILL DIMINISH.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 622 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED OVER NRN SITES THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. MID
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE HOWEVER VFR CIGS SHOULD PREVAIL.
WINDS WILL RELAX OVERNIGHT, BECOMING NW AT 10 TO 20 KTS ON SUN.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 70 88 68 90 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 69 90 69 93 / 0 0 0 0
HARRISON AR 65 86 64 88 / 10 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 70 91 70 94 / 0 0 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 71 91 71 94 / 0 0 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 72 89 71 93 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 67 90 67 92 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 67 85 65 88 / 10 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 70 87 69 89 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 71 89 69 91 / 0 0 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 70 92 69 95 / 0 0 0 0
SEARCY AR 71 88 69 91 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 72 88 71 91 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...74
LONG TERM....74
AVIATION...70
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