[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CST WED FEB 4 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN 
BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
125 PM CST WED FEB 4 2004

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

DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON. GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE AHEAD OF THE 
SYSTEM. WITH DRY AIR ALOFT...PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE A HARD TIME 
REACHING THE GROUND AT FIRST. DUE TO THIS...COOLING OF THE AIR ABOVE 
THE SURFACE WILL TAKE PLACE...LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF SLEET IN 
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.

AS THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVES EAST...IT WILL ENCOUNTER COLDER 
AIR AT THE SURFACE. DUE TO THE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...THERE 
WILL BE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST 
AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

DUE TO THE MOISTURE ENCOUNTERING COLD AIR...A WINTRY MIX OF 
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. AS SUCH...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS 
BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ARKANSAS...MAINLY NORTH A LINE FROM 
JASPER...TO MARSHALL...TO SALEM. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE 
POSSIBLE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 INCH...AND THIS MAY 
CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. A WINTER STORM ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA...AND NORTH OF A LINE 
FROM CLARKSVILLE...TO RUSSELLVILLE...TO CLINTON...TO CAVE CITY. IN 
JOHNSON AND POPE COUNTIES...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR 
NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. 

FARTHER SOUTH...A RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET INITIALLY AS MOISTURE 
ENCOUNTERS THE DRY AIR ALOFT.    

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ON THURSDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN THE 
EXTREME NORTH...WHILE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 
IN THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY. 
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...COLDER AIR WILL SPILL BACK INTO THE 
REGION AND THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE AREA. 
HOWEVER...BY THEN...MOISTURE WILL BE SPARSE SO ANY PRECIPITATION 
AMOUNTS WILL BE SMALL.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND DECREASE CLOUD 
COVER. THIS HIGH WILL ALSO KEEP DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE 
WEEKEND. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON... 
BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE NORTH...AND A CHANCE OF 
RAIN IN THE SOUTH. TUESDAY WILL BE DRY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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73,
Glenn