As rainfall halts, cold air to bring potential for more wintry weather

Projected temperatures at 12:00 p.m. Saturday. It will be mild in southern Arkansas, but turning colder from the north as a storm system, marked as "L" on the map, from the southern Plains passes through.
Projected temperatures at 12:00 p.m. Saturday. It will be mild in southern Arkansas, but turning colder from the north as a storm system, marked as "L" on the map, from the southern Plains passes through.

Much of the state saw temperatures above freezing accompanied by heavy rain Saturday morning.

Rain in central Arkansas is expected to wrap up by mid afternoon, and this evening is expected to be clear of rainfall, said Jeff Hood, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Little Rock.

“Temperatures across central Arkansas are in the upper 30s to lower 40s right now and it’s not going to rise much, if anything they’re going to slowly fall,” Hood said. “Overnight tonight we’ll see fairly cold temperatures around freezing in the lower 30s in central Arkansas.”

There’s a major contrast between temperatures across the state today, Hood said.

Areas in the southern portion of the state are experiencing temperatures in the upper 60s and the northern portion is seeing temperatures in the lower 30s.

Cold temperatures are expected to continue over the next several days with the potential for more winter weather Sunday evening into Monday.

Charles Dalton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Little Rock, said he expects “somewhere in the neighborhood of an inch to two inches” of snow Sunday into Monday.

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