[PBARC] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
400 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151100-
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-
400 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2004

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

DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW..CURRENTLY STRADDLING THE LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS BORDER...WILL CONTINUE TO TREK EASTWARD TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A 
MUCH WEAKER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE IS TRAVERSING THE 
GULF COAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COPIOUS AMOUNT OF GULF MOISTURE 
INTO THE NATURAL STATE. WITH VERY COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...THAT 
MOISTURE HAS FALLEN IN THE FORM OF RAIN..SLEET AND SNOW.

THE INTENSE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN 
LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND WITH THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE...THE MIXED BAG 
OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN OVER TO JUST SNOW THIS EVENING WITH 
SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...OR MORE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. THE 
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE AS MUCH AS 
EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. UPWARD OF FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS 
CENTRAL SECTION INCLUDING THE LITTLE ROCK METROPOLITAN AREA. AS 
SUCH...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST 
AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AN AREA OF UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE 
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THIS WARNING AREA. TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING 
AREA...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. ACROSS NORTHERN 
ARKANSAS...ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LITTLE IF ANY 
ACCUMULATION.

THE BEST MOISTURE WILL BE SHUNTED TO THE EAST LATE AND THE SNOWFALL 
WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF BY MORNING. MANY AREA ROADS WILL 
BECOME SLIPPERY AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IF TRAVELING TONIGHT.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE EAST EARLY SUNDAY BUT HIGH PRESSURE 
WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN BY MID DAY AND WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH 
MONDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE MONDAY AND EARLY 
TUESDAY TO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY 
WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE AND A 
COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY. 

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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73,
Glenn