[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST THU DEC 23 2004

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BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-
IZARD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-
OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-YELL-ARKANSAS-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-
PULASKI-WOODRUFF-
500 AM CST THU DEC 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WHILE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...VERY COLD 
AIR IS NOW IN PLACE. WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVERNIGHT...BUT STILL 
REMAIN NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 
SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS THIS MORNING IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS... 
WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 0 TO 10 BELOW ZERO NORTH OF 
BOONEVILLE...CLINTON AND BATESVILLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
POSTED IN THESE AREAS. 

OTHERWISE...ROADS REMAIN SNOW AND ICE COVERED ACROSS MUCH OF 
ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS. 
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN THIS MORNING AND PLAN FOR DELAYS. 
DO NOT RUSH TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DRY AND VERY COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST 
PART OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE WELL 
BELOW NORMAL.

ON FRIDAY MORNING AND THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS DAY...READINGS ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE STATE WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. IN 
AREAS OF THE NORTH THAT GOT SNOWFALL...LOW TEMPERATURES OF ZERO OR 
LESS MAY BE POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT REACH 
FREEZING AGAIN UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY. PEOPLE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER 
RUNNING A STREAM OF WATER IN THEIR HOMES TO PROTECT PIPES FROM 
FREEZING. 

LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE 
WITH A SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT BRINGING MORE PACIFIC AIR AND A 
WARMING TREND. A STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE BY WEDNESDAY FROM THE WEST 
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.   

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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73,
Glenn