The National Weather Service in Little Rock is forecasting that the current stretch of warm and dry weather will likely continue into the middle of October based on its extended forecast products.
The odds are favorable to see precipitation below seasonal averages, the NWS said on the final day of September, an already dry month that brought little rain to much of Arkansas.
The latest drought monitor map, released in late September, put most of the state’s Gulf Coastal Plain under “abnormally dry” conditions, with some areas experiencing “moderate drought”.
As of Oct. 1, Clark County remained under a low risk of wildfire danger, with neighboring Nevada and Ouachita counties, to the south, under a moderate risk. There were currently no Arkansas counties under a burn ban.
Arkadelphia’s extended forecast is calling for mostly clear skies, day and night, through the coming weekend. The next chance for rainfall comes Monday, Oct. 6, with a slight 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Tuesday’s precipitation chances mirror Monday’s forecast.
Daytime highs for the next week will linger in the mid to upper 80s, with nighttime lows in the 60s and falling into the upper 50s this weekend.
In other meteorological news, the amount of daylight continues to decrease until the Winter Solstice on Dec. 21. Arkansans will lose roughly an hour of potential sunshine during the month of October, with later sunrises and earlier sunsets.
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