248 AWUS84 KLZK 030230 RWSLZK ARZ001>075-021025- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 925 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2013 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...PRIMARILY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THESE HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED AFTER SUNSET. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WERE IN THE 80S IN MUCH OF THE STATE. BY MID EVENING...READINGS WERE IN THE 70S ACROSS THE STATE. LOWS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN WARM...WITH READINGS IN THE 60S. TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY OCTOBER. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS HOLDING IN THE 60S. SOME PARTS OF SOUTH ARKANSAS MAY SEE AFTERNOON HIGHS AROUND 90 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT SEE MORE SUNSHINE. OVER THE WEEKEND...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND EVENTUALLY PASS THROUGH THE STATE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN. THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE...WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL ANTICIPATED. THE RISK OF ANY SEVERE STORMS AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE LOW. THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PUSHED OUT OF THE STATE BY SUNDAY... BRINGING NORTH WINDS AS WELL AS MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR IN ITS WAKE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 40S. IN FACT...SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS MAY EXPERIENCE LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL SEASON. $$