Warm and wet Thursday, Break Friday before storms on the weekend

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You can already see the rain for Thursday. We’ll get a break from bad hairdos on Friday, then stormy weather comes back on Saturday and Sunday.

Thursday afternoon high temperatures will depend greatly on the location of a slowly lifting warm front across the state. In northern and central Arkansas, temperatures will struggle to reach the middle 50’s to low 60’s. However, across southern Arkansas temperatures will peak into the low 60’s to low 70’s.

A new storm system is moving into Arkansas on Saturday. This will be followed by a cold front that will move through the state during the afternoon/evening. At that point, expect another round of unsettled weather, with a few strong or severe storms possible. The main hazards look to be hail and damaging winds.

A few severe thunderstorms are possible from eastern Oklahoma into western, central and southern Arkansas Saturday evening/night. Large hail appears to be the main threat.

Rainfall through Sunday will near an additional 1 inch of rainfall through the end of the weekend across most of the state. However, central into east-central Arkansas could see rainfall totals approach values of 2 inches with a possible few locations eclipsing the 3 inch mark, especially near the Mississippi River border at West Memphis southward toward Dewitt.

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7-DAY FORECAST:

Today

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog. High near 57. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and midnight. Patchy fog before midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 57. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday Night

Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 55. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday

A 40 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 53.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 39.