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Isolated storms are still moving south this evening toward the River Valley. These storms still have the possibility of producing dime to nickel size hail and gusty winds up to 60 mph. Those storms will be moving closer to Ft. Smith and [...]
Showers and storms have developed this afternoon along a slow moving frontal boundary. These storms have had the history of producing quarter size hail and gusty winds to 60 mph. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9:00 p.m.
Sunshine has helped to destabilize the atmosphere this afternoon. High CAPE values of 3,000. High CAPE [...]
We are under a slight risk for severe storms today. Thanks to a stationary front that will be moving over the region today we could see a few strong storms with hail and damaging winds. Here is the latest severe weather outlook for today:
SEVERE WEATHER RISK
TORNADO OUTLOOK
DAMAGING WINDS OUTLOOK
SEVERE HAIL OUTLOOK
BLOG ENTRY BY PATRICK CRAWFORD [...]
We’re sitting in a very interesting pattern right now. Talk about being in between pressure regions. There’s a dominant area of high across the southwest, while the northeast sits under an area of low pressure.
That means we’re in a northwest flow pattern that will help provide an increase in shower and thunderstorm activity. The greatest [...]
We could see a few isolated rain chances Tuesday with a cold front moving in from the Northeast. This front is not extremely strong and we are not expecting anything severe. Also, our air is much drier thanks to our weekend cold front. Any amount of rain we could get right now will help out [...]
Below are the highs on Saturday and Sunday. The heat dropped off by almost 10 degrees across the northern part of our area while the southern part continued to bask in the heat. However, cooler air is pooring into the area and the dewpoints are dropping. As a result it will feel much better over [...]
100 degrees was a common temperature Saturday afternoon across the river valley. Fort Smith reached 101 degrees, which was 1 degree away from the record high and it just happened to be the hottest June day dating back to 1988. Dewpoint temperatures this evening have jumped to 76 degrees in Fayetteville and 78 degrees in [...]
Here is a little time lapse of some afternoon thunderstorms that formed north of Clarksville, AR between 550 and 720pm. The best part of the video is just after 10 seconds in and shows a fairly healthy updraft.
Post by Brian Emfinger at 7:45PM on 6/26/09
There is a tropical wave currently over the Western Caribbean Sea, but this wave is not expected to develop into much before it hits the Yucatan Peninsula. What it does after it hits the Yucatan could be very interesting. Gulf of Mexico waters are very warm right now and there is a good chance for [...]
The heat will continue for both Friday and Saturday before a cold front will bring some relief on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms are also possible with the passage of a cold front.
Here are the surface temperatures forecasted by the GFS computer model. The image is for Saturday at 1pm (not the day’s highs). Notice the area is [...]
