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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1216 AM CST Tue Feb 3 2026

-Drier and cooler air will continue to filter into the state with temperatures 5 to 7 degrees below normal for afternoon highs.

-Warmer temperatures will return by late this week through the weekend...with a dry forecast returning.

-Rain chances return during the early into the middle part of next week across parts of Arkansas.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1147 PM CST Tue Feb 3 2026

Satellite this morning shows a surface cold front over far southeastern Arkansas with low cloudiness. Behind the front, colder and drier air has begun to filter into parts of northwest and northern Arkansas and will continue through the rest of today across the state. Winds will be out of the north to northwest with some a few breezes possible through early this afternoon across Arkansas. Temperatures will run around 5 to 7 degrees below normal today due to the cooler and drier airmass.

By Thursday, south to southwest flow returns to the state bringing drier and warmer air to the state and allowing temperatures to warm to near normal temperatures on Thursday, then well above normal on Friday across the state. Another dry cold front will push across the state bringing another short lived shot of slightly cooler air on Saturday. By Sunday, short wave ridging will move across the state with temperatures returning above normal and persisting through early next week across the state. Temperatures will run roughly 10 to 15 degrees above normal each day from late this weekend through early next week. Rain chances return during the early part of next week as a disturbance moves across the state from the central/southern plains.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1129 PM CST Wed Feb 4 2026

MVFR conds will be possible at Nrn sites overnight as low stratus stream across the region. VFR conds should return on Thursday as low CIGs dissipate. Winds overnight will be light and variable before switching to the W/SW at 10 to 20 kts on Thursday.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 45 24 50 36 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 53 27 57 39 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 44 25 56 38 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 50 27 57 39 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 46 27 53 38 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 49 27 54 41 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 51 27 60 41 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 45 23 54 35 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 42 22 45 32 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 46 25 52 38 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 49 27 57 35 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 46 22 50 32 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 44 24 48 35 / 0 0 0 0

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.