Pretty typical summer conditions are expected over the next seven days with highs in the 80s and 90s and lows generally in the 70s. Precipitation over the next several days will be limited to afternoon and evening showers and storms before increasing over the weekend. Heat advisories may be needed towards the end of the week for parts of the state.
High temperatures Wednesday and Wednesday night will be close to average for early July. Look for high in the upper 80s to mid 90s and lows in the 70s.
Heat Index values will be at their highest Thursday and Friday, topping the century mark in many locations. Heat advisories may be needed for portions of eastern Arkansas in particular.
The 6 to 10 day outlook is showing very good chances of seeing temperatures above normal through this period and slightly better than normal precipitation over southern Arkansas. Remember these forecasts are probabilistic forecasts and just give the percent chances of being above or below normal.
You may have missed it but the earth was actually its farthest away from the sun just a few days ago. The reasons are in a nutshell, the tilt of the earth's axis and its elliptical shaped orbit. It is a bit counterintuitive that during the hottest time of the year, our home is furthest away from the sun.
On this day back in 2003, the all time highest dew point ever documented occurred in Saudi Arabia. While we do indeed see some high dew points in Arkansas, it could always be worse, a lot worse.
Note: "N/A" or "MISG" will be displayed if values are not available. In the LOCATION column, click on links for a list of recent observations at sites of interest. In the WIND column, VRB is "variable" and G is "gust". Wind speeds are in MPH. In the BARO (pressure) column, values are in inches. In the REMARKS column, HX is "heat index", WCI is "wind chill index", and VSB is "visibility" (if shown).
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