Monday, February 20, 2012

Warm Surge

After a chilly start to this February, we'll finally get a chance to enjoy some warmth.


Before we can tap into the heat, we will go through a quick stretch of wet weather.  Tonight a weak cold front, and I say cold front lightly here, will rush into Arkansas during the midnight hour.  As the front works across our region it will carry in a line of showers and storms with it.  Overall, this line of showers will not be a problem for us.


After tonight, our surface winds will constantly come in from the west/southwest.  For us that means a warm stretch of weather.  Temperatures on both Wednesday and Thursday look to rise all the way up to the 70s.  If the forecast pans out we'll be pretty close to some record highs around here.  Of course this warm pattern won't last too long. Mother Nature will put an end to this warm surge by the end of the work week with temperatures plummeting back to the 50s.

                              (NAM model showing storms developing ahead of a cold front Thursday evening)

There are subtle hints that as this cooler air comes into Arkansas, we could endure some severe weather near the southeast corner of the state.  Of course it's too soon to speculate with great detail right now but it will be something to watch for in the next couple days.  Until then soak up the warmth and sunshine.

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