000 FXUS64 KLZK 142001 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000 SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOOKS LIKE UPPER HEIGHTS BUILD ACROSS AREA NEXT TWO DAYS AND THIS WILL HELP KEEP TROPICAL STORM BERYL AND ITS EFFECTS WELL SOUTH OF THIS FORECAST AREA. SURFACE GRADIENT REMAINS RATHER WEAK THROUGH TUESDAY, SO EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE AND SURFACE DEW POINTS MAY INCREASE SOME ON TUESDAY, IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE VERY SIGNIFICANT. THINK MINS TONIGHT WILL AGAIN BE MOSTLY IN THE 60S, EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL WARMER SPOTS, AND WILL BE NEAR OR ONLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN LAST NIGHT. MAXES TUESDAY SHOULD BE NEAR OR ONLY A LITTLE ABOVE THOSE OF TODAY, WITH LOWER 90S IN THE NORTH, MID 90S IN THE EAST, AND UPPER 90S IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ZONES. THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE HIGHER, BUT SHOULD STAY UNDER HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS. SOME AREAS MAY EXCEED 100 HEAT INDEX ON TUESDAY. MOISTURE LIKELY WIL,L BE HIGHER BY TUESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP MINS UP AND WILL GO MORE WITH MOS. WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR WEDNESDAY, BUT NO MENTION OF RAIN. MAXES SHOULD BE CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE. .LIT...NONE