Author name: Garrett Lewis

Sunshine returns for Tuesday with highs in the 50s. Still a chilly day, but with full sunshine, it’ll feel warmer.  Looking ahead, expect even warmer highs and more windy conditions on Wednesday with highs in the mid 60s. I pulled the National Blend of Models Extended Forecast for this video. The key takeaway is the […]

What Happens Next…. The low pressure system responsible for the snow is visible on the water vapor images you can see in the video. Directly under the upper low’s path is where meteorologists look for the highest snow totals and that happens to be across NW Arkansas and SW Missouri.  4″ of snow has already

The system that brings us rain on Sunday will changeover to snow late Sunday night and into Monday. The highest snow chances with this system will be across NWA, including: Bentonville, Bella Vista, Pea Ridge, Rogers, Gravette, Springdale and Fayetteville. Temperatures are borderline freezing which usually means the worst road conditions will be during the

This is a look at 8pm on Friday. As the front moves into the area, smaller pieces of energy will break off and move into Arkansas. The best dynamics for strong storms will be to our southwest but even still… quarter size hail would be the main risk. I’m watching the weekend for scattered showers

Well, this makes sense for Arkansas weather. #1: VERY WINDY!!– Winds Thursday could gust up to 40mph as high temperatures get pushed into the 70s today. Winds are out of the south which is the reason it’ll be so warm. – One more thing to note today, the grass is still dead and with wind

An approaching storm system will increase both the high level cloud cover along with the wind. South winds could gust as high as 40mph in some locations with the strongest winds favored across Northwest Arkansas. While the larger low is farther west, pieces of energy or “shortwaves” will break off the low and move east

An area of low pressure continues to move across the area this weekend. The result has been persistent light to moderate rainfall. Additional rain totals will be near .25″ You can see the area of low pressure with the counter clockwise surface winds forming on the upper end of the trough. If you look to

–>For those who just want the basics:– Freezing Rain Mon AM– Mon AM Drive Affected –>For those who want the geek speak:This is a profile of the atmosphere from the surface to around 15,000ft. I highlighted a blue line; this is the freezing line. Anything to the right falls as rain, anything to the left

Big melt today… Big freeze tonight. **Watching Sun PM/Mon AM for Freezing Rain** Highs hit 40s today and then another arctic surge arrives this evening. Expect flurries after dark with winds gusting to 25mph. Wind chill as low as -5° Gross. After this front, the pattern is about to flip to warmer and wetter. It

Ever washed your hands and then grabbed an ice cube only to have it flash freeze and get stuck to your fingers?  It’s been VERY cold lately.The ground is frozen. All this to say, be very cautious next time you see ANY precip (mist, rain) even if temperatures are just above freezing. Whatever is out