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WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 AM CST MON FEB 24 2003

..SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEK...

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS SETTLING INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH...AND 
WILL PROVIDE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 
MEANWHILE...STORM SYSTEMS WILL BE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS 
WEEK. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEMS...MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD FROM 
THE GULF COAST REGION AND WILL OVERRUN COLD AIR IN ARKANSAS. THE 
RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD WINTER PRECIPITATION.

THE FIRST EVENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A SYSTEM 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PROVIDE MOISTURE TO MAINLY THE SOUTHERN 
HALF OF ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF 
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS EVENING...BUT IT WILL BE ALL SNOW 
AFTER MIDNIGHT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN 
SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES IN CENTRAL SECTIONS. 

WITH HEAVY SNOW A POSSIBILITY IN THE SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WATCH 
HAS BEEN POSTED IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 
MORNING. 

A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GULF OF 
MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO 
OVERSPREAD ALL OF ARKANSAS...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW 
AND ICE IN THE FORECAST. 

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF NORTHERN 
ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IN CENTRAL 
SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WHILE IT MAY SNOW TEMPORARILY...MOSTLY 
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH AN ICE STORM POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE 
SOUTH...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN BUT SHOULD END AS 
RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. 

AS FAR AS THIS EVENT...A LOT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS 
AVAILABLE AND THE DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR. THIS COULD AFFECT 
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...TYPES...AND WHERE EXACTLY EACH PRECIPITATION 
TYPE WILL OCCUR. GIVEN THIS...IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ARKANSANS TO 
CHECK THE FORECAST PERIODICALLY...WITH CHANGES TO THE FORECAST 
LIKELY.                

LATER THIS WEEK...YET ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTHERN 
PLAINS. A CHANCE OF SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS NORTHERN AND 
CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN THE SOUTH. 

NEEDLESS TO SAY...IT WILL BE AN ACTIVE WEEK AHEAD ACROSS THE  
NATURAL STATE. WHILE THERE ARE SOME UNCERTAINTIES IN THE 
FORECAST...PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER 
WEATHER IN THE COMING DAYS.      
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

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