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FXUS64 KLZK 180550
AFDLZK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1250 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1250 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
-MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND,
INCLUDING POSSIBLE PATCHY FROST CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS SUNDAY MORNING.
-WARMING TREND BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK AND POSSIBLY LONGER.
-NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WITH
DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO WORSEN.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1250 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
SATELLITE EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS CLEAR SKIES OVER THE NATURAL
STATE WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING
ARE IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS THE STATE. LOWS THIS
MORNING WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 30S ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
ARKANSAS WITH LOWER TO MID 30S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FULTON,
IZARD, AND SHARP COUNTIES FROM 4 AM THROUGH 8 AM . FOR THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS, TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER
40S AROUND SUNRISE EARLY THIS MORNING.
AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, BOTH ENSEMBLE AND DETERMINISTIC MODEL
DATA SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ACROSS
THE STATE. WINDS WILL VEER FROM THE NORTH/NORTHEAST TO EAST/
SOUTHEAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE ENTIRE WORK WEEK AND POSSIBLY LONGER. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
WARMER AIR TO BE PULLED NORTH BACK INTO THE STATE. TEMPERATURES
EARLY PART THE WORK WEEK WILL BE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL, THEN 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS
FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEKEND.
LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL IS IN THE FORECAST WITHIN ARKANSAS OVER THE
NEXT 5 TO 7 DAYS AND POSSIBLY LONGER. THIS WILL LEAD TO WORSENING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1212 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. LIGHT
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. SOME MID
AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN TERMINALS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BATESVILLE AR 70 43 73 43 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN AR 75 43 79 42 / 0 0 0 0
HARRISON AR 68 42 72 45 / 0 0 0 0
HOT SPRINGS AR 73 45 77 46 / 0 0 0 0
LITTLE ROCK AR 72 45 76 46 / 0 0 0 0
MONTICELLO AR 74 47 77 46 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNT IDA AR 73 43 76 44 / 0 0 0 0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 67 42 72 44 / 0 0 0 0
NEWPORT AR 71 42 74 43 / 0 0 0 0
PINE BLUFF AR 74 43 78 42 / 0 0 0 0
RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 44 75 46 / 0 0 0 0
SEARCY AR 71 42 75 43 / 0 0 0 0
STUTTGART AR 74 45 77 44 / 0 0 0 0
LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FROST ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR ARZ006-007-
015.
DISCUSSION...76
AVIATION...76
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