Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Viola, AR

DISCUSSION
Issued at 138 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

An active weather pattern remains the main story through the next several days across the region...but much of AR remains on the ERN/SERN extent of most activity
Initially
only some small chances for isolated/widely scattered convection are forecast today/tonight
mainly for WRN/NWRN sections
with much better chances for more organized activity remaining west. Most areas of the LZK CWA should remain dry into Wed...with highs in the 70s and 80s.

By late Wed into early Thu...upper level energy in the SW flow aloft will shift east slightly by Thu morning...with the potential for a bit more organized convection increasing further E/SE. Have increasing POPs for this as a result...with best POPs late Wed night into early Thu afternoon
Given the timing of this activity
the threat for strong/SVR convection looks relatively limited this time.

Potential for precip decreases again for most locations late Thu into much of Fri as upper ridging moves over AR. By Sat/Sat night...an upper shortwave will drop SE across the Plains into the Great Lakes region...with a SFC cold front dropping SE across the Plains through AR. Expect increasing potential for convection with this SFC front as it passes SE through AR Sat. The potential for seeing any organized SVR Wx with this front looks fairly uncertain at this time. This will be due to either timing of the FROPA...and/or uncertainty in this timing and upper level features/SFC details.

Cooler and more stable air will then settle across the region by late in the weekend into early next week behind this cold front.
Temps will drop from the 70s and 80s...potentially some low 90s on Fri for highs...to the 60s and 70s behind the front.

AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1203 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

Mostly calm and dry conditions are expected through the period.
Some light rain chances will be possible across northern Arkansas.
MVFR conditions are expected to begin the period this afternoon with VFR conditions likely overnight.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Batesville AR 68 83 66 82 / 10 20 80 70 Camden AR 62 84 64 85 / 0 0 50 40 Harrison AR 67 76 62 81 / 40 60 90 50 Hot Springs AR 64 81 63 83 / 10 20 80 40 Little Rock AR 66 83 66 83 / 10 10 70 60 Monticello AR 65 85 66 85 / 0 0 20 40 Mount Ida AR 64 79 63 83 / 20 30 90 30 Mountain Home AR 67 79 63 81 / 30 50 90 60 Newport AR 68 85 66 82 / 10 10 70 70 Pine Bluff AR 64 84 66 84 / 0 0 50 50 Russellville AR 66 80 64 83 / 20 40 90 40 Searcy AR 65 84 64 82 / 10 10 70 70 Stuttgart AR 67 84 67 83 / 0 0 50 60

LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.