Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 3:30 am CST on November 16, 2009
Now
Through 5 am...showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue over much of the state. The heaviest showers will be in a line from Fordyce...to Lonoke...to Heber Springs. Patchy fog will also be possible. Rain amounts will be between a tenth to one quarter of an inch...with a few spots seeing a close to one half of an inch.
Forecast for Independence
Updated: 3:41 am CST on November 16, 2009
Today
Rain likely and isolated thunderstorms in the morning... then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Temperatures falling into the lower 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph...with gusts to around 25 mph. The chance of precipitation 70 percent. Average rainfall 1/4 to 1/2 inch.
Cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening...decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation 20 percent. Average rainfall less than 1/10 inch.
Tuesday
Cloudy...cooler. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation 40 percent. Average rainfall less than 1/10 inch.
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Wednesday
Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 5 mph. The chance of precipitation 20 percent in the morning.
... Flood Warning extended until Thursday evening... the Flood Warning continues for the Black River at Black Rock. * Until Thursday evening... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 7:00 PM Sunday the stage was 17.3 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 14.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to a stage of 15.7 feet by Tuesday morning
fld observed forecast 6am location stg stg day time Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Black River Black Rock 14 17.3 sun 07 PM 16.7 15.7 14.5 13.3 12.3