Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up and have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week brought a warm up to the Natural State reminding us that Spring and Summer are around the corner! We also saw a few sprinkles of rain this week, but not much. Take a look at this week’s past temperatures on my Earth Networks weather station here in Hot Springs, as well as a look at the few sprinkles of rain we received on my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs.

Here’s a look at current conditions on my Earth Networks weather station in Hot Springs, as well as a look at current temperatures across the state this evening (both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations). Here’s also a look at the current high-res radar for Arkansas and the FutureScan radar for 11:00 PM, plus a look at the Earth Networks PulseRad lightning intensity (not traditional radar) and lightning near Arkansas (maps courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps). Here’s also a look at my Earth Networks HD weather cam in Hot Springs from earlier today.

The Natural State could see another round of storms move through tomorrow, which I’ll be monitoring and tracking on my Twitter. The Baron forecast model shows the storms moving into Hot Springs around 4PM. The WSI RPM model shifts them to the west a little around that time, with the NAM 3K keeping them still in Oklahoma. The HRRR is only going out to 3PM at the moment, but it’s showing the storms moving into Hot Springs around 3PM (some maps courtesy of Tropical Tidbits and AllisonHouse Maps).

Here’s a look at the rainfall accumulations for midnight Monday for the Baron and WSI RPM models. The GFS and NAM 3K are for 1AM Monday.

Here’s a look at the seven day extended forecast for Hot Springs. Expect high temperatures mostly in the 60’s to 70’s with increasing rain chances as we get into next weekend.

Here’s a look at interesting weather news stories over the past week:

• One Hail of a Storm
• The Latest on NOAA-20
• Meet Seth Baldelli
• NOAA GOES-17
• What’s New in Earth Networks Sferic Maps
• Spring vs Fall Sports Weather
• Improving Weather Forecasts with Cloud Data
• Johannesburg Lighting Project Update
• Experience the GOES-17 Launch
• Jim Cantore and Thundersnow
• NOAA Climate Prediction Center April to June Outlook
• NOAA Spring Flood Outlook
• Meet Jacob Cobb
• Probabilistic Hazard Information Experiment

Here’s a look at some of our featured weather blogs from WeatherTogether contributors over the past week. Thanks for continuining to send in your blog reports, and if you’re not a WeatherTogether contributor yet, come join us!

• Another Snow System for Mid Michigan (Cathie Ursu)
• Snow Flurries for Us (Patricia Murphy)
• Record Warmth for Western Washington (Mark Ingalls)
• Windy Update in Maryland (Kevin Shaw)
• Union Gap Slope Failure (Mark Ingalls)
• Weather Video from William Brantley

Finally, I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick’s Day! It’s unfortunately the day that Hot Springs makes a laughter of itself with our world’s shortest parade (this year is no joke featuring an inflatable pub and everything but a partridge in a pear tree!). For those who want to know the story behind St. Patrick’s Day, check out a biographical sketch I prepared on St. Patrick over at another blog I contribute to.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off!