000 FXUS64 KLZK 120951 AFDLIT AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 MODEL OF CHOICE IS AVN DUE TO ITS DAY TO DAY CONTINUITY...BUT WILL ADDRESS CURRENT CONDITIONS ON EARLY PART OF TODAY THEN INDICATE A BECOMING GROUP. TROF ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ITS STEADY EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND WITH IT TAKE PRCIP AND CLOUDS. A SIGNIFICANT DRY AREA WEDGES NORTHEASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS BY LATE THIS MORNING THEN EXPANDS TO MOST OF ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES. MOS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES APPEAR REASONABLE FOR TODAY BUT POSSIBLY TOO WARM FOR TONIGHT. WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. COOL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. CLEAR SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS. BY WEDNESDAY HOWEVER, CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN LATE AS OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER APPROACHES. .LIT...NONE 38