KellyMarie
01-30-2011, 03:13 PM
Ok, yesterday we almost hit 80 degrees! Today we are 60 and very pleasant, lot's of sunshine :) .
This is the Severe Weather Alert I just received in my email, It is no wonder everyone here stays sick during these months in our state:
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY
MORNING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SLEET BY LATE MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION
WILL END FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
* ACCUMULATIONS: EXPECT WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A
QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
ADDITION TO THE ICE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* MAIN IMPACT: EXPECT TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO BECOME TREACHEROUS
TUESDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS
THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...WITH
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE LIKELY SEEING THE BRUNT OF THE WINTER
WEATHER.
EARLY NEXT WEEK A STRONG...COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
SLIDE OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE PLAINS. THIS WILL PUSH COLDER
AIR...AS MUCH AS 40 DEGREES COLDER THAN WAS WAS SEEN ON SATURDAY...
INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT AND
WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE ARKLATEX BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED STATE WIDE AS PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE PULLED INTO THE STATE.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE
COLDER AIR STARTING TO SURGE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND SUB FREEZING AIR COULD
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ICING IS ALSO A CONCERN.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE STATE TO THE EAST TUESDAY
EVENING. PRECIPITATION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
LIKELY TURN TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...BUT WILL NOT LINGER LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINTER WEATHER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE
DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES SEEMS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENT WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
FURTHERMORE VERY COLD AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES COULD DIP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND HIGHS WILL LIKELY
STRUGGLE TO BREAK THE FREEZING MARK FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM ARE FAR FROM
BEING CONCRETE. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN WHERE THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER TRACKS ACROSS THE STATE...OR IN THE TIMING OF THE
FRONT ON TUESDAY...COULD MEAN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.
This is the Severe Weather Alert I just received in my email, It is no wonder everyone here stays sick during these months in our state:
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY
MORNING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SLEET BY LATE MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION
WILL END FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
* ACCUMULATIONS: EXPECT WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A
QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
ADDITION TO THE ICE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* MAIN IMPACT: EXPECT TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO BECOME TREACHEROUS
TUESDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA AS ROADWAYS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS
THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...WITH
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE LIKELY SEEING THE BRUNT OF THE WINTER
WEATHER.
EARLY NEXT WEEK A STRONG...COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
SLIDE OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE PLAINS. THIS WILL PUSH COLDER
AIR...AS MUCH AS 40 DEGREES COLDER THAN WAS WAS SEEN ON SATURDAY...
INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT AND
WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE ARKLATEX BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED STATE WIDE AS PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE PULLED INTO THE STATE.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE
COLDER AIR STARTING TO SURGE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND SUB FREEZING AIR COULD
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ICING IS ALSO A CONCERN.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE STATE TO THE EAST TUESDAY
EVENING. PRECIPITATION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
LIKELY TURN TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...BUT WILL NOT LINGER LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINTER WEATHER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE
DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES SEEMS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENT WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
FURTHERMORE VERY COLD AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES COULD DIP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND HIGHS WILL LIKELY
STRUGGLE TO BREAK THE FREEZING MARK FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM ARE FAR FROM
BEING CONCRETE. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN WHERE THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER TRACKS ACROSS THE STATE...OR IN THE TIMING OF THE
FRONT ON TUESDAY...COULD MEAN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.