HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 742 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
GULF MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION...WITHIN A STABLE AIR MASS
AT LOW TO MID LEVELS. ALTHOUGH VERY LIGHT RAIN MAY DEVELOP...THUNDER
IS NOT EXPECTED.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY DEC 12.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL JUST BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT...PRIOR TO THE
RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BEGIN TO WARM AT
ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT LOW CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM...PRIMARILY AFTER 1 AM. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY
EXPERIENCE FREEZING DRIZZLE...THE ICE IS FORECAST TO BE VERY LIGHT
AND SHORT LIVED...FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY RISING TEMPERATURES.
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
AREAS OF FOG MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW 2 MILES LATE
TONIGHT...IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT FORECAST IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ON SATURDAY MORNING...FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR BRIEFLY IN NORTH
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AREAS OF FOG WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH
MIDDAY...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
ON SUNDAY...VERY HIGH WILDFIRE POTENTIAL IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL
APPROACH 70 DEGREES...ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.
ON MONDAY....ANOTHER ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES BACK TO
THE REGION FOR THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SATURDAY.
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