LITTLE ROCK - The National Weather Service says that while it is too early to tell for sure, some models are indicating the possibilities of a White Christmas for much of the region.
According to MagnoliaReporter.Com, The National Weather Service in Little Rock said Saturday that a complex weather pattern is expected next weekend. Cold air will mix with moisture over Arkansas and could trigger wintry precipitation. The true potential is too early to tell, the weather service said. It’s also too early for people to alter any holiday travel plans they may have. The weather service urges the public to closely monitor weather forecasts next week.
The weather service thinks that a low pressure storm system will be over the El Paso area on Christmas morning. A subtropical jet stream will bring moist Pacific air into the Four State area from the southwest.
In the meantime, a polar jet stream will deliver cold air across the Plains. When and where the streams of moisture and cold air meet will determine whether any given area will get winter precipitation.
The scenario brings to mind one of the region’s worst widespread natural disasters of modern times – the two ice storms that struck the region on December 13 and December 24, 2000, followed by a New Year’s Eve snow.
