{"id":3234,"date":"2025-05-30T05:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:15:21","slug":"weather-arkansas-showers-and-thunderstorms-thursday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/05\/30\/weather-arkansas-showers-and-thunderstorms-thursday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Arkansas: Showers and thunderstorms Thursday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3236\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Arkansas_3005-AI-219x146.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>Mild start, stormy finish for Central Arkansas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong>, <strong>Central Arkansas<\/strong> will begin the day under a <strong>partly cloudy sky<\/strong>, with <strong>patches of fog<\/strong> that could reduce early morning visibility. As temperatures rise and daytime heating builds, <strong>conditions will become more unstable<\/strong>, setting the stage for <strong>rain and thunderstorms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starting <strong>around 3 PM<\/strong>, <strong>scattered showers and isolated storms<\/strong> are expected to move into the region. These will linger through the <strong>evening hours<\/strong>, with the <strong>storm window closing around midnight<\/strong> in Central Arkansas. While <strong>severe weather is not expected<\/strong>, a few <strong>strong thunderstorms<\/strong> are <strong>possible<\/strong>, with <strong>gusty winds<\/strong>, <strong>brief heavy rain<\/strong>, and occasional <strong>lightning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Arkansas<\/strong> will remain under the influence of this system <strong>through the night<\/strong>, keeping <strong>rain chances active<\/strong> well into the early morning of <strong>Friday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Localized downpours<\/strong>, especially in <strong>North Arkansas<\/strong>, may bring <strong>rainfall totals exceeding 1 inch (25 mm)<\/strong> in <strong>isolated spots<\/strong>, though most locations are likely to receive <strong>modest amounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay aware of <strong>rapidly changing skies<\/strong> as <strong>afternoon storms<\/strong> develop and move across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mild start, stormy finish for Central Arkansas Thursday, Central Arkansas will begin the day under a partly cloudy sky, with patches of fog that could reduce early morning visibility. As temperatures rise and daytime heating builds, conditions will become more unstable, setting the stage for rain and thunderstorms. &nbsp; Starting around 3 PM, scattered showers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weather Arkansas: Showers and thunderstorms Thursday evening - United States - Weather America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/05\/30\/weather-arkansas-showers-and-thunderstorms-thursday-evening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weather Arkansas: Showers and thunderstorms Thursday evening - United States - Weather America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mild start, stormy finish for Central Arkansas Thursday, Central Arkansas will begin the day under a partly cloudy sky, with patches of fog that could reduce early morning visibility. 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