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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 204 AM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

-Temperatures return to normal values through most of the week ahead

-Dry weather prevails through much of next week, with rain chances returning by end of week

-Elevated fire danger persists through first half of this week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 204 AM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

Recent night time sat imgry depicted clearing skies over much of the region, w/ sfc obs indicating colder and drier filtering into the Natural State.

Sun and thru at least mid-week, Wrn US H500 ridging wl amplify, w/ NWrly flow persisting over the Cntrl US. As such, sfc high pressure wl remain rooted over the Cntrl US, promoting settled and drier weather condns, and temperatures returning to more seasonal values acrs the FA.

By mid-week and thru the end of the PD, the aforementioned ridging is progged to weaken, w/ mean troughing returning over the Wrn to Cntrl US, as advertised by latest EPS/GEFS solns. Low-lvl Srly flow looks to resume w/ temps warming and sfc moisture incrsg, signaling a return of unsettled weather to the Srn Cntrl US. As of now, greater confidence of higher Chc PoPs is favored towards the end of the week and into next weekend.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 557 AM CDT Sun Apr 5 2026

High pressure will dominate through the period for widespread VFR conditions. Northerly winds will prevail and may be a little gusty at times during the afternoon before subsiding after dark.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 66 42 71 45 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 68 43 72 43 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 63 40 70 43 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 67 42 71 43 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 67 44 70 47 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 67 45 71 47 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 68 41 71 43 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 64 38 71 43 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 66 42 71 46 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 65 42 69 45 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 68 42 72 45 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 67 41 71 44 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 64 43 69 47 / 0 0 0 0

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.