Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows around 50. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Monday Night
Becoming partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of showers 30 percent.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s.
... Freeze warning remains in effect from 10 PM this evening to 9 am CST Friday...
A freeze warning remains in effect from 10 PM this evening to 9 am CST Friday.
A reinforcement of slightly colder and drier air... fresh out of Canada... has arrived back into the four state area. Mostly clear skies and light winds in the center of this large air mass... will yield ideal radiational cooling across southwest and south central Arkansas and a good bit of north central Louisiana. This radational cooling process will result in temperatures falling to or just below freezing for several hours overnight... mainly east of a hope and Lewisville Arkansas... to Minden... Castor... and Jonesboro Louisiana line. This also includes to cities of Monroe and West Monroe Louisiana... as well as Ruston... Farmerville and El Dorado Arkansas.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. Residents are urged to protect any sensitive vegetation that will be exposed to these cold temperatures.
Flood Warning
Statement as of 8:29 AM CST on November 26, 2009
... Flood Warning extended until Tuesday morning... the Flood Warning continues for the Ouachita River at Columbia. * Until Tuesday morning... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 7:00 am Thursday the stage was 66.3 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 65.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by Monday morning.
829 am CST Thu Nov 26 2009
The Flood Warning continues for the Ouachita River at Monroe. * Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 8:00 am Thursday the stage was 44.3 feet. * Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 40.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to a stage of 44.0 feet by tomorrow morning and continue to recede some three inches a day through next week.