A Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather exists across a large part of Arkansas for this afternoon into this evening. The primary hazard will be damaging wind gusts with any cell that does manage to become severe.
High temperatures on Thursday will range widely across Arkansas with northwestern Arkansas only making it into the mid 80s via rain cooled air and cloud cover while other locations across the state will peak in the mid to upper 90s.
A Heat Advisory will be in place today parts of central and eastern Arkansas as these locations are expected to become hot before the cloud cover and rain-cooled air makes it into much of central and eastern Arkansas.
A burn ban is currently in effect for all 75 counties in Arkansas, additionally the wildfire danger for the entire state has been raised to the high category. Hopefully, rainfall over the next couple of days will bring relief to parts of the state.
The latest drought monitor continues to show a large part of Arkansas in severe to extreme drought conditions. Some small areas of exceptional drought are also now starting to show up. Precipitation is in the forecast, mainly tonight, but will likely not make a significant dent in the overall dry conditions.
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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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