PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   600 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2015   
      
   ...WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS IN ARKANSAS...   
      
   NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH 20TH IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN ARKANSAS. THE   
   PURPOSE OF THIS WEEK IS TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT WINTER WEATHER CAN BRING...AND   
   HOW TO DEAL WITH  HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE  FOR   
   THE UPCOMING WINTER SEASON.    
      
   DURING EACH WEEKDAY...A DIFFERENT WINTER WEATHER TOPIC WILL BE COVERED IN A   
   PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...   
      
       MONDAY...THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING WINTER   
       TUESDAY...WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES   
       WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES   
       THURSDAY...WINTER WEATHER SAFETY RULES   
       FRIDAY...THE COLD OF WINTER   
      
   THE LAST TWO /2013-2014 AND 2014-2015/ CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTERS  /DECEMBER   
   THORUGH FEBRUARY/ WERE COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL  LOCALLY.    
      
   WINTER      AVG TEMP  DEPARTURE   PRECIPITATION   DEPARTURE   
      
   2013/2014     38.0      -3.3         10.40         -1.72 2014/2015       
   39.4      -1.9          9.69         -2.43   
      
   DATA SHOWS THAT ARKANSAS EXPERIENCED THREE COLD WINTERS IN A ROW  ONLY TWICE   
   SINCE 1895...AND THREE CONSECUTIVE DRY WINTERS ONLY  THREE TIMES. IN THIS   
   CASE, COLD IS DEFINED AS AT LEAST 1.5 DEGREES  BELOW NORMAL AND DRY IS AT   
   LEAST 1.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.   
      
   WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A STRONG EL NINO...WHICH FEATURES ABOVE NORMAL   
   WATER TEMPERATURES NEAR THE EQUATOR IN THE PACIFIC  OCEAN. FIVE OF THE LAST   
   SEVEN EL NINO WINTERS WERE NORMAL TO MILD IN ARKANSAS...AND ALL EL NINOS WERE   
   NORMAL /WITHIN AN INCH/ TO WET.     
      
      
      
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