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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

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1244 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026

Expect MVFR/IFR CIGS and VSBY to linger Wednesday morning into Wednesday midday as the clouds and lowered VSBY associated with the cold front slowly moves into northern Louisiana and western Mississippi and away from all terminals across Arkansas. VFR conditions will return to all terminals from northwest to southeast clearing all sites by Wednesday afternoon.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 71 49 68 51 / 10 10 10 10 Camden AR 73 54 70 51 / 40 40 30 60 Harrison AR 67 45 67 48 / 10 0 10 10 Hot Springs AR 73 52 68 51 / 30 20 20 40 Little Rock AR 73 53 68 52 / 20 20 10 30 Monticello AR 73 56 70 53 / 40 40 20 50 Mount Ida AR 72 51 67 49 / 20 20 20 40 Mountain Home AR 68 45 68 48 / 10 0 10 10 Newport AR 73 50 68 52 / 10 10 10 10 Pine Bluff AR 73 53 69 52 / 30 30 10 40 Russellville AR 73 50 68 51 / 10 10 10 20 Searcy AR 73 49 68 49 / 10 10 10 20 Stuttgart AR 73 53 68 54 / 20 20 10 30

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.