UPDATE JAN 8, 2025, 5PM:
The National Weather Service in Little Rock updated at 5pm with the following forecast for the upcoming Winter Storm.
More below.
WHAT HAS CHANGED:
Portions of the Winter Storm Watch have been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning, including much of the state of Arkansas. This largely includes where confidence of impactful snowfall is currently highest.
Additionally, freezing rain (ice accumulations) have increased across parts of southern Arkansas.
WHAT WE KNOW:
A strong storm system is forecast to impact Arkansas Thursday morning through Friday evening bringing heavy snow across much of the state. The greatest confidence for impacts will be across west-central to central Arkansas.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW:
Exact placement of greatest snow amounts, and where locally greater totals could occur due to banding. Where snow may change over to sleet, freezing rain, or rain across southern Arkansas. Expect changes and refinement to the forecast.
Thursday gives Saline County chances from Heavy Snow and Freezing Rain.
There is a Winter Storm Warning in effect from Noon Thursday, January 9th until 6:00 p.m. Friday January 10th, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock. Read more below and see illustrations and the 7-day extended forecast.
Scroll down for the 7-day extended forecast, according to the National Weather Service.
The snow is expected to continue in Saline County on Friday, but the freezing rain will travel southward.
7-DAY EXTENDED FORECAST