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FXUS64 KLZK 252119
AFDLIT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
315 PM CST THU JAN 25 2001

TEMPERATURES DID NOT QUITE REACH EXPECTED LEVELS THIS 
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS. 
WILL HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT IN THESE AREAS. WITH 
SOME MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING WEAK STORM SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT/EARLY 
FRIDAY...MAY BE SOME SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN. 

SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOISTURE WILL BE MOST 
ABUNDANT NORTH OF THE STATE...WITH BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE 
PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. IN THIS AREA...MENTIONED THAT 
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. 

SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE STATE QUICKLY ON FRIDAY...WITH CLOUDS 
DECREASING AND WEST/SOUTHWEST WIND PICKING UP. QUITE A WARMUP DURING 
DAY...WITH MOST READINGS IN 50S/60S. 

WEAK FRONT WILL HEAD THROUGH THE STATE ON FRIDAY...WITH COOLER 
WEATHER BEHIND FRONT ON SATURDAY. 

STRONG STORM SYSTEM PROGGED TO DEVELOP IN PLAINS SUNDAY/MONDAY... 
WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN INCREASING IN ARKANSAS. 

ON SUNDAY...MOSTLY OVERRUNNING/STEADY RAIN IN FORECAST...WITH A COLD 
DAY IN STORE. ON MONDAY...THICKNESSES ON THE RISE WITH MORE SHOWERY 
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. WOULD THINK THAT THUNDERSHOWERS WILL DEVELOP 
AS WELL. 

SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY DEEPEN...WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE/COLDER 
TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. MAY BE SOME LIGHT SNOW IN 
NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. 

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY LOOK DRY AT THIS TIME WITH A WARMING 
TREND. (46)           

.LIT...NONE.