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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1248 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

-Chances for showers/thunderstorms will continue into the afternoon hours this Saturday

-Severe threat remains low...but isolated strong to severe weather could still be seen. Primary threats will be damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall

-Precip chances decrease by early next week into the middle of next week

-Widespread oppressive heat should take a break today...but should return for portions of the area late this weekend into the middle of the upcoming week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1248 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

Some scattered convection continues across portions of the CWA early this Sat morning...mainly over NRN sections as an upper disturbance drops slowly south into the state. Chances for convection look to persist off an on into this afternoon as this upper wave slowly meanders over the state. This increased potential for convection and resulting cloud cover will keep temps a bit cooler today...keeping most areas below Heat Adv levels. However...that doesn't mean a few spots could still see heat index values over 105...but it shouldn't be widespread enough to warrant heat headlines.

Just like with Fri...the overall threat for seeing SVR Wx should remain low. However...an isolated strong/SVR TSRA may still be seen. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary threats with the strongest activity.

Upper ridging will increase late this weekend into early next week...which will allow for temps to rebound and precip chances to decrease into the middle of next week. Heat headlines may be needed at some point into at least the middle of next week as a result of heat index values getting back to around or above 105 at times. Late in the forecast...temps may cool back off and precip chances return as a front drops south towards AR.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 119 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

VFR conds are expected to prevail through much of the TAF period. Scattered SHRA/TSRA are expected to affect nearly all terminals except for KHRO and KBPK midday through late afternoon. Within TRSA activity, VIS'bys may be reduced to MVFR for a time. Winds will be S/SE at less than 10 kts Sat and S/SW at less than 10 kts on Sun. Winds overnight will be light and variable with precip winding down before 06z Sun.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Batesville AR 71 93 73 97 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 71 93 73 95 / 10 20 0 0 Harrison AR 70 94 73 96 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 72 95 73 96 / 0 10 0 0 Little Rock AR 73 94 75 97 / 10 10 0 0 Monticello AR 72 92 74 95 / 30 40 10 10 Mount Ida AR 69 95 72 95 / 0 10 0 0 Mountain Home AR 69 92 72 95 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 72 92 74 95 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 72 91 73 94 / 10 20 10 10 Russellville AR 72 97 74 99 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 71 93 73 96 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 73 92 75 95 / 10 10 0 0

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.