While rain chances will likely decrease after today, hot and humid conditions are expected to continue through the workweek. Forecast heat index values are expected to get into the mid 90s to near 105 across portions of the state through Friday. A heat advisory is in effect for portions of central and eastern Arkansas for Monday afternoon.
Over the next couple of days, afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be possible across a larger portion of the state. With additional rain and cloud cover, forecasted high temperatures will cool a couple of degrees over the coming days.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms were observed across a good portion of the state over the last couple of days. The highest rainfall amounts, ranging from 3-6", was doppler estimated within the highlighted areas. Portions of southwest and southern Arkansas have seen little to no rainfall over the same time period. Additional rainfall is expected over the next few days.
On this day in 2009, damaging hail fell across Pulaski and Lonoke counties. Golf ball to baseball sized hail smashed car windshields, and severe damaged roofs and vinyl sidings. Between 22 and 27 farmers in Lonoke County lost between half to all of their crops.
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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