HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 845 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD STABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM... THE
LACK OF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO PRECLUDE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST TUESDAY DEC 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE WEST TONIGHT... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF OKLAHOMA AS COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE. LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES MAY IMPACT TRAVEL
IN SOME AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. DRY...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE DANGER OF
WILDFIRES IN FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE
STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY
EVENING SHIFTING THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST... AND INCREASING WIND
SPEEDS. FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE LIGHT RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TUESDAY EVENING.
WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 20
DEGREES ABOVE ZERO THROUGHOUT THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.
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