Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds through the late evening...becoming southeast 5 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation 20 percent after midnight.
Saturday
A chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers during the day. Rain likely and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Temperatures falling into the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning... becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation 60 percent. Average rainfall less than 1/10 inch.
Isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening... becoming north 10 to 15 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Average rainfall 1 to 2 inches.
Sunday
Cooler...rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. The chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Mostly cloudy. Colder. A chance of rain in the evening...then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. The chance of precipitation 50 percent in the evening...decreasing to 20 percent after midnight.
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. The chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. The chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. The chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Friday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. The chance of precipitation 30 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 7:30 PM CDT on March 19, 2010
... Mount Ida/Hot Springs NOAA Weather Radio remains off the air...
NOAA Weather Radio station kxi-92... serving parts of west central and central Arkansas... is off the air. Telephone technicians will be working on a cable cut at the tower site early Saturday morning. Repairs are expected to be completed by midday on Saturday.
In the mean time... NOAA Weather Radio listeners should tune to the following stations to continue receiving broadcasts...
Wxj-55 in Little Rock on 162.550 mhz... kxi-97 in Mena on 162.400 mhz... wxj-48 in Gurdon on 162.475 mhz and wwf-96 in Russellville on 162.525 mhz.
We apologize for any inconvenience this outage has caused.