Above-average temperatures are expected to linger over the next several days in Arkansas, and highs could reach a record this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
High temperatures are expected to reach the upper 80s to upper 90s across the state through at least Saturday, North Little Rock senior forecaster John Lewis said.
Saturday's high in Little Rock is expected to be 97 degrees, which would tie a record set June 2, 1911, Lewis said.
Heat index values -- the temperature felt when humidity is factored in -- were forecast be at or near 100 degrees in some areas of Arkansas on Wednesday, according to the latest advisory.
"It is not extreme heat, but it is above average," Lewis said.
In addition to the heat, scattered thunderstorms are possible in the afternoons "for the next several days," the weather service said.
"Through the first three weeks of the month, we were running near record [temperature] levels for May," he said. "If it holds, it could be one of the warmest Mays on record."
A slight cool-down is expected behind the front, with Sunday's highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
NW News on 05/31/2018