UPDATE:
Dangerous wind chills are expected tonight and again Tuesday night behind a strong cold front, according to the National Weather Service Tulsa office. Wind chills will fall into the teens in Arkansas and into the single digits both mornings across northeast Oklahoma.
EARLIER:
A wintry system is expected to bring freezing rain and snow to parts of Arkansas this week, forecasters said.
Ice amounts up to a tenth of an inch are possible across the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains north and west of Mena, Morrilton, and
Batesville on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said in a statement.
By Thursday afternoon and evening, the air will turn colder and light snow generally totaling an inch or less will be possible across the northern half of the state, forecasters said. Pockets of freezing rain are also possible north and west of Little Rock on Wednesday morning.
Dry and milder conditions are expected into the weekend, the weather service said.
NW News on 01/01/2019