622 FXUS64 KLZK 291950 AFDLIT AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT THU JUL 29 1999 FORECAST FOR ARKANSAS SHOWS NOT MUCH CHANGE THROUGH SATURDAY. H5 HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO CONTINUE OVER THE STATE BRINGING VERY HOT CONDITIONS. WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR FORECAST AREA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MODELS INDICATING WINDS WILL SHIFT TO MORE SOUTHERLY ON SATURDAY WHICH WILL BRING A LITTLE MOISTURE INTO THE STATE. HOWEVER...ONLY AREAS WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACITIVITY WILL BE THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY BE WIDELY SCATTERED AT BEST. TEMPERTURES NEAR OR ABOVE CENTURY MARK THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CLOSE TO THE SAME ON FRIDAY. WITH A LITTLE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND CLOUDS ON SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES MAY BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER...BUT WITH INCREASED MOISTURE...HEAT INDICES WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME ON SATURDAY AND THEY WILL BE ON FRIDAY. MODELS INDICATING SOME TROFING OVER THE PLAINS BY END OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ALSO INDICATING A FRONT TO STALL JUST NORTH OF ARKANSAS BY END OF THE WEEKEND. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS WILL PROMOTE A LITTLE MORE THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. WILL GO A LITTLE ABOVE NGM MOS MAXES BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS MOS VALUES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOW FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. (22) .LIT...HEAT ADVISORY NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AR ZONES 3>7-12>16-21>25-30>34-37>47-52>57-62>69