Forecast high temperatures will climb to the upper 90s to 100 degrees across much of the state Wednesday afternoon. Low temperatures Wednesday night will only fall to the mid 70s at most locations.
Temperatures are forecast to increase as we go through the rest of the workweek and into the weekend. High pressure will continue to control the weather pattern with heat headlines possibly being issued by Friday and Saturday across portions of the state.
Over the next 6-10 days, the temperature outlook forecast looks to climb above average across a large portion of the United States. The precipitation outlook over this same period of time is equal chances of above or below average here locally across Arkansas.
Over the next 8-14 days, the temperature outlook forecast looks to climb above average across a large portion of the United States. The precipitation outlook over this period of time is forecast below average locally across portions of Arkansas.
Widespread rainfall has been lacking across a good portion of the state lately, as such, the wildfire danger has increased from low to moderate. Burn bans have popped up for a couple counties in west central Arkansas and a several counties in southwest/ south central Arkansas. Additional counties may be added if rainfall is not beneficial by late week.
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Note: "N/A" or "MISG" will be displayed if values are not available. In the LOCATION column, click on links for a list of recent observations at sites of interest. In the WIND column, VRB is "variable" and G is "gust". Wind speeds are in MPH. In the BARO (pressure) column, values are in inches. In the REMARKS column, HX is "heat index", WCI is "wind chill index", and VSB is "visibility" (if shown).
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