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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
524 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVED OVER THE 
STATE. HOWEVER...BY AROUND MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING...MUCH OF THE 
RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE STATE...WITH JUST SOME LINGERING 
SHOWERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THIS MORNING...MOST LOCATIONS 
WERE DRY...WITH JUST SOME ISOLATED SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS SEEN 
ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES 
THIS MORNING HAD DROPPED DOWN INTO THE LOW 50S ACROSS THE 
NORTHWEST...TO THE LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SOME PATCHY FOG WAS ALSO DEVELOPING AS RESULT 
OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. 

CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM EAST TO WEST THROUGH 
ABOUT MIDDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE STATE. CLEARING 
SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID 70S TO MID 
80S ACROSS THE STATE. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL REMAIN LOW FOR MOST 
LOCATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY...EXCEPT FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST 
ARKANSAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER SOUTHWEST 
ARKANSAS. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 70S ACROSS THE 
NORTH...TO THE MID AND UPPER 80S ACROSS THE SOUTH. MORNING LOWS 
THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S.  

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
FRIDAY...WITH COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE. THIS 
AIR MASS WILL KEEP MOST OF THE STATE DRY FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES 
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 
50S AND 60S INTO THE WEEKEND. 

WARMING CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN BY LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT 
WEEK AS WINDS RETURN TO THE SOUTH...AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXPANDS 
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. 

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