Radar — KLZK
Issued at 1205 PM CDT tue jul 28 2026
- weak cold front will move through the state wednesday, bringing rain chances, much needed rainfall and temperature relief.
- more seasonable july/aug temperatures set to resume by the end of the work week.
Issued at 143 AM CDT tue jul 28 2026
To begin the period, a ridge of high pressure continues to dominate the weather pattern. This will continue those hot and mainly dry conditions through the rest of today. The pattern is expected to breakdown by wednesday with more widespread rain chances possible through the end of the workweek thanks to NW flow aloft.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to remain mostly below severe criteria with beneficial rainfall likely wednesday through friday. In addition to the rainfall, the increase cloud cover will provide some temperature relief across the state.
The biggest threat tuesday will be the dangerous temperatures and heat index values. For tuesday afternoon, it is possible many locations across the state will reach 100 degrees with heat index values much hotter. Heat headlines have been continued all across the state through tuesday afternoon with a mix of heat advisories for southern and northern locations and an extreme heat warning for eastern and central arkansas and the ar river valley.
If you plan to be outdoors for any reason this weekend and next week, make sure you have shade to rest in, take multiple breaks, and drink plenty of water.
(06Z tafs) issued at 1209 AM CDT wed jul 29 2026
Expect VFR flight category throughout the entire forecast period across all sites between early wednesday morning and early thursday morning. A frontal boundary will be moving into arkansas moving from northeast to southwest during the day on wednesday. All sites will experience the lower-end possibility of vcsh and vcts which has been captured by keeping the fm groups limited to vicinity showers and thunderstorms. If a isolated area of rain or storms does manage to move over a taf site, then vsby may be limited for a short duration to IFR to MVFR flight category, but confidence remains low in overall coverage across the state.
Batesville ar 92 71 91 70 / 40 10 10 10 camden ar 97 75 93 73 / 30 30 50 10 harrison ar 90 72 88 71 / 40 20 50 30 hot springs ar 97 75 93 74 / 60 30 60 10 little rock ar 95 75 92 73 / 60 20 20 10 monticello ar 96 76 92 74 / 40 20 40 10 mount ida ar 95 75 91 73 / 60 30 50 10 mountain home ar 89 71 88 70 / 20 10 20 30 newport ar 92 71 91 71 / 40 10 10 10 pine bluff ar 94 73 91 72 / 70 20 20 10 russellville ar 95 75 92 73 / 60 30 50 10 searcy ar 92 72 91 71 / 50 20 10 10 stuttgart ar 93 74 92 73 / 60 10 10 10