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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1138 PM CDT Fri May 8 2026

-More chances for showers/thunderstorms Sunday into early Monday as a new front moves into region

-Drier/warm conditions throughout most of the upcoming work week.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1134 PM CDT Fri May 8 2026

Expect VFR flight category for the entire forecast period from early Saturday morning through early Sunday morning across all sites with the exception of KLLQ which is expected to experience lowered CIGS early Saturday morning to as low as MVFR flight category until late Saturday morning when the cloud deck will lift. Expect for the first few hours of the forecast period that the site of KHRO may experience surface wind gusts in excess of almost 20 knots.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 557 PM CDT Sat May 9 2026

Expect VFR flight category at the beginning of the forecast period across all sites until early Sunday morning when VCSH and VCTS begins to impact TAF sites lowering CIGS and VSBY to as low as IFR and LIFR flight category at times. Sunday will experience a multitude of flight category changes with convection moving across the state and a lower cloud deck overall that will keep CIGS MVFR to IFR for much of the period between Saturday evening and Sunday evening, especially beginning Sunday morning for the remainder of the forecast period.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 60 79 55 75 / 10 50 20 0 Camden AR 61 84 58 75 / 10 60 50 20 Harrison AR 58 73 49 74 / 20 70 10 0 Hot Springs AR 61 80 57 75 / 30 60 40 10 Little Rock AR 61 80 57 74 / 10 50 40 0 Monticello AR 62 84 61 75 / 10 50 60 20 Mount Ida AR 62 78 57 75 / 30 60 50 10 Mountain Home AR 57 74 50 75 / 10 50 10 0 Newport AR 59 80 56 75 / 10 60 30 0 Pine Bluff AR 61 83 58 74 / 10 60 50 10 Russellville AR 61 78 57 77 / 40 60 30 0 Searcy AR 57 80 54 75 / 10 40 40 0 Stuttgart AR 62 82 59 74 / 10 50 40 10

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.