[PBARC] Special Weather Statement

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:20:56 -0600

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1019 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2003

..SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY...
..SHARPLY COLDER WEATHER SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST
SATURDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WERE NOTED. IN FACT...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED IN
LITTLE ROCK ON SATURDAY WITH A READING OF 76 DEGREES. THE WARMTH WILL
COME TO AN END ON SUNDAY.

THE FRONT WILL HEAD THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY...WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH AT LEAST 70 DEGREES FARTHER SOUTH AND
EAST...AND THEN WILL TUMBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS
THE DAY PROGRESSES...MAINLY FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS. THAT
IS BECAUSE THE FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER MORE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO. 

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY FROM LITTLE ROCK
EASTWARD. HOWEVER...SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED.
ALSO...WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR IN SOME AREAS...A
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED. 

AFTER THE FRONT EXITS THE REGION TO THE EAST SUNDAY NIGHT...MUCH
COLDER WEATHER WILL BE NOTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO
THE 20S TO LOWER 30S...WITH A FREEZE IN MOST AREAS. SHOULD THIS
OCCUR...IT WILL BE THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON. WITH A
BREEZY NORTHWEST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DIP
INTO THE TEENS.

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST
MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL BELOW FREEZING. 

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AND AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY. HEADING INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...EXPECT BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. GET READY TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION FROM THE COLD.  

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73,
Glenn