HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 459 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 01 2010
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...LIMITED...SPREADINDEX=30.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...MID AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION...
A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA TODAY.
WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO NEAR 30 PERCENT IN
SOME AREAS...A LIMITED FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL EXIST WHERE
VEGETATION HAS CURED.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN
MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST AND BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR WEATHER BY TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...
AND FORECAST TEMPERATURE PROFILES SUGGEST SOME POSSIBILITY OF RAIN
MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER
LOW MOVES CLOSE TO THE AREA. THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON
THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...AND FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
REFINED. AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR. DRY AND COLDER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL LATE IN THE WEEK.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS REGARDING WINTER WEATHER
POTENTIAL LATER THIS WEEK.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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