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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 230 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026

- A cold front pushed through Arkansas overnight and a cooler and drier airmass is beginning to overtake the state as of Wednesday morning.

- High pressure will keep the majority of the state dry; however the cold front will be positioned across northern Louisiana on Wednesday and become a stationary boundary draped across central Louisiana through the remainder of the workweek, thus the southern half of Arkansas will experience chances for rain and isolated thunderstorms until Saturday.

- Rain and thunderstorm chances re-enter the forecast on Tuesday as a cold front drops into the state.

- Temperatures will remain near normal through Sunday before becoming slightly warmer than normals for this time of the year into the upcoming workweek.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 230 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026

The majority of the state between today and Monday will remain dry as high pressure along with a cooler and drier airmass settles in behind the FROPA that has pushed through the state on Tuesday night. The cold front is progged to slow considerably on Wednesday and become a stationary front positioned across central TX, central LA, central MS, and central AL through Friday before moving offshore.

The result of this stalled boundary will be POPs possible for the southern half of the state with the greatest opportunity for rain and an isolated thunderstorm across southern Arkansas, especially along the Arkansas/Louisiana border.

A much better chance for rain and potentially storms will return to the forecast on Tuesday across the state as a cold front drops into Arkansas from the north. It remains too far in advance to determine if any storms may be severe.

Temperatures over the forecast period will remain near normal for this time of the year between Wednesday (today) and Sunday before surface winds return to being established out of the west-southwest and southwest across the state ushering in warmer temperatures that will be a few degrees above normals for this time of the year.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 603 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026

Some isolated SHRA will be possible this evening across NRN AR...with some isolated TSRA possible over SRN sections. Expect mainly dry conditions late tonight into Thu morning...then some spotty SHRA may be seen Thu afternoon. Expect dominant VFR conditions through the period...though MVFR or briefly lower conditions may be seen under any convection.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 49 68 48 67 / 10 10 0 10 Camden AR 54 69 50 62 / 40 20 40 60 Harrison AR 44 66 46 63 / 0 10 0 10 Hot Springs AR 51 67 50 64 / 20 10 20 30 Little Rock AR 52 68 51 66 / 20 10 10 30 Monticello AR 55 70 52 64 / 40 20 30 50 Mount Ida AR 50 67 48 63 / 20 10 20 30 Mountain Home AR 45 67 46 65 / 0 10 0 10 Newport AR 50 68 51 66 / 10 10 0 10 Pine Bluff AR 53 69 51 65 / 30 10 20 40 Russellville AR 50 68 49 67 / 10 10 10 20 Searcy AR 49 68 48 67 / 10 10 10 20 Stuttgart AR 53 68 52 66 / 20 10 10 30

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.