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FXUS64 KLZK 221915 AAB
AFDLZK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
210 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL BE NOTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 4000 TO 5000 FEET. 
THE CUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...WITH MOSTLY HIGH CLOUDS 
AND SOME MIDDECK TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 
AT 6 TO 12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT. 
WINDS WILL BE EAST/NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD THE MISSOURI BORDER 
FRIDAY MORNING...AND SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 8 MPH ELSEWHERE. (46)
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014/ 

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE AT THE
SURFACE AND ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS...WITH
HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90. THE RIDGE WILL CONTRACT A BIT
BY FRIDAY...ALLOWING FOR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO CREEP INTO NORTHERN/
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...BRINGING SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS TO
THOSE AREAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
TRY TO REASSERT ITSELF AGAIN...WITH THE FRONT EITHER WASHING OUT
OR MOVING BACK TO THE NORTH. 

LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BY THE START OF THE LONG TERM...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE 
SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE...A DEEPENING LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SWINGING ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND 
APPROACHING THE STATE. EXPECT CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP CHANCES TO 
SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH PRECIP 
OVERSPREADING THE STATE BY WEDNESDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THIS CUTOFF 
LOW WILL THAN MEANDER ACROSS THE REGION...KEEPING RAIN CHANCES IN 
THE FORECAST BEYOND THE PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     88  62  86  63 /  10  10  10  20 
CAMDEN AR         86  62  88  63 /   0  10   0  10 
HARRISON AR       85  60  84  63 /  10  10  20  20 
HOT SPRINGS AR    87  64  88  65 /  10  10  10  10 
LITTLE ROCK   AR  88  64  89  66 /  10  10  10  10 
MONTICELLO AR     89  64  91  66 /   0  10  10  10 
MOUNT IDA AR      85  61  86  60 /  10  10  10  10 
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  87  62  85  63 /  10  10  20  20 
NEWPORT AR        89  62  87  64 /  10  10  10  20 
PINE BLUFF AR     88  64  89  65 /  10  10  10  10 
RUSSELLVILLE AR   87  62  87  62 /  10  10  10  10 
SEARCY AR         88  63  89  63 /  10  10  10  10 
STUTTGART AR      88  65  88  68 /  10  10  10  10 
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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