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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
600 AM CST Sun Dec 1 2024

...Winter Weather Awareness Week in Arkansas...

December 1st through the 7th is Winter Weather Awareness Week 
in Arkansas. The purpose of this week is to remind people what
winter weather can bring, and how to deal with hazardous winter 
conditions. Now is the time to prepare for the upcoming winter 
season.

During each weekday, a different winter weather topic will be
covered in a Public Information Statement...

    Monday...The Outlook for the Coming Winter
    Tuesday...Winter Precipitation Types
    Wednesday...Winter Weather Watches, Warnings, and Advisories
    Thursday...Winter Weather Safety Rules
    Friday...The Cold of Winter

Climatological winter runs from December through February. 
The last five winters have featured mostly warmer and 
wetter than average conditions.

WINTER      AVG TEMP  DEPARTURE   PRECIPITATION   DEPARTURE

2019/2020     44.7      +3.4         14.25         +2.13
2020/2021     39.6      -1.7         11.90         -0.22
2021/2022     44.8      +3.5         11.28         -0.84
2022/2023     46.1      +4.8         15.88         +3.76
2023/2024     44.6      +3.3         12.82         +0.70 

While weather conditions varied somewhat, historic or extreme 
events were almost non-existent. There was one notable exception, 
and that was in February of 2021. During that month, an Arctic 
intrusion affected areas all the way to the Gulf Coast. In 
Arkansas, temperatures were twenty to more than thirty degrees
below normal from the 14th through the 18th. During this time
frame, two big storm systems unleashed more than twenty inches 
of snow in central and southern sections of the state. Last year, 
while not as historic, an Arctic plunge sent temperatures well 
below zero in parts of the Ozark Mountains by the morning of 
December 23rd.

Interestingly, the most recent huge episodes of snow, ice, and 
severe thunderstorms occurred when La Nina conditions were dominant, 
or when water temperatures near the equator in the Pacific Ocean 
were colder than normal. While La Nina will be in place this winter,
confidence in extreme weather is low given that La Nina will not be
strong and may be short-lived.

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Please visit our web site at https://www.weather.gov/lzk

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