Long story short, it’s been much warmer in the daytime, but below freezing temps overnight are creating dangerous icy conditions. Saturday will be clear, but Sunday looks like rain. More details below, but on a related note, here’s a great song by the Foo Fighters:
According to the National Weather Service in Little Rock, clear skies and warmer temperatures have melted some of the snow across Arkansas. Very cold overnight temperatures will lead to refreezing for any surfaces that have wet snow/slush/or water on them from melting snow.
Very cold temperatures Friday night, in the teens, will lead to these surfaces freezing into chunks or sheets of ice that will make travel very hazardous Saturday morning. Snow melting on rooftops and tall buildings will lead to large icicle and ice sheet formation.
As temperatures warm, large chunks of ice with sharp edges will begin to fall off of rooftops and tall buildings, potentially leading to injury from anyone near the falling ice.
Several lakes and ponds have frozen surfaces across Arkansas, and these frozen surfaces will likely remain frozen through Saturday. It has not been cold enough for the ice to be safe to walk on. Serious injury or death could result from anyone walking out on thin ice. Lakes and ponds freeze from the edges to the middle. Your weight may be supported on the edge of the frozen body of water, and not out in the middle of the lake or pond. Avoid walking out on any frozen bodies of water.
DAILY FORECAST
Tonight
Patchy freezing fog after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday
Patchy freezing fog before 9am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. Wind chill values as low as 10. Light south southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of freezing rain between 7am and 8am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. West southwest wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 59. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 20%.