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Little Rock, Arkansas – Arkansas heads into the Feb 5–9 period under a divided temperature pattern, with near-normal conditions expected across the western half of the state while colder-than-normal air settles over eastern Arkansas. Despite the temperature contrast, precipitation chances remain limited statewide, keeping the risk for snow or rain low during this stretch.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA outlooks, colder-than-average air remains entrenched across much of the eastern U.S., while parts of the southern Plains hold closer to seasonal norms. In Arkansas, that setup places western communities near the Oklahoma border, including Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and the River Valley, closer to normal early-February temperatures. Farther east, including Little Rock, Jonesboro, and the Mississippi Delta region, temperatures are expected to trend below average, especially overnight…