Big 12 football schedule: The byes of Texas are upon Oklahoma State
Here’s some quick thoughts about the Big 12 football schedule, which was released (finally) on Tuesday:
The byes of Texas upon OSU: The Cowboys have a bye before and after their Sept. 29 Big 12 opener at home against Texas. In fact, considering their Sept. 15 game vs. Lousiana and the Oct. 13 game at Kansas, Oklahoma State fans could experience one Saturday of interesting football in five weeks. Not that Mike Gundy and his staff care much. No Big 12 coaching staff has a more favorable preparation opportunity to the start of league play.
Toughest closing stretch: Initially I thought that belonged to the Sooners (at West Virginia Nov. 17, home vs. OSU on Nov. 24 , at TCU on Dec. 1) and I may stick with that. But TCU closes at Texas and at home versus the Sooners. If the Longhorns are still searching for a decent quarterback come Thanksgiving, it’s not terribly troubling. If they’ve found one, the Horned Frogs could come limping home.
Iowa State, Kansas and TCU are the only teams facing OU and Texas in consecutive weeks.
SEC-Ya: Texas found a new Thanksgiving weekend date: the TCU Horned Frogs. The old rival, Texas A&M, gets Missouri in College Station on Nov. 24. Advantage Longhorns.
The Morgantown baptism: Baylor gets to go first, making the Big 12′s first trip to Morgantown, W.Va., to face the Mountaineers.
New kids on the block: Big 12 schedule makers were definitely kinder to West Virginia than TCU. The Horned Frogs go to Kansas Feb. 15 for the Big 12′s first league game, but the rest of the Horned Frogs road schedule is far more difficult (at Baylor Oct. 13, at Oklahoma State Oct. 27, at West Virginia Nov. 3, at Texas Nov. 24) than WVU, which has to go to Oklahoma State Nov. 10 but should be favored in its other three conference road games.
Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman
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GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
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POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
1151 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
PATCHES OF DENSE FOG MAY STILL PERSIST THROUGH 1 PM ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. DRIVERS STILL NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS AS
VISIBILITY COULD CHANGE QUICKLY. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
MEANWHILE… TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS… WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE
AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE 40S ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA… TO THE 50S AND 60S ALONG THE RED RIVER.
Video: ‘Transformers’ reboot already?! Oy vey, Michael Bay
Now with more explosions! (And hopefully less Shia LaBeouf)
Speaking with MTV, “Transformers” franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura announced a couple worthwhile things: A fourth “Transformers” movie is coming in 2014, and it’s going to be a reboot.
A reboot? Already? But the first film came out in 2007! This is worse than the entire “Spider-Man” reboot idea (although I am looking forward to Marc Webb’s movie.)
‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ trailer: If ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Underworld’ had a love child…
Because the man wasn't busy enough already.
Vampires are on their way out. “Twilight” films are almost over, and it seems people care less and less about the blood suckers with each passing day. Still, that’s not going to stop studios from doing what they want to do.
Case in point: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
A look at the formation of freezing fog from Gary McManus of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
A look at the development of the fog, freezing fog from Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
1. Light winds prevent any of that heat radiating to space to mix back down towards the surface, and the surface is allowed to cool quite effectively.
Light winds are a key component in the formation of radiation fog (and also keeping it around).
2. The air temperature cools to its condensation point (or dewpoint).
3. The Relative Humidity where the air temperature has reached its dewpoint will be 100 percent.
4. Now for the final ingredient … temperatures at or below 32 degrees. If the air is at the freezing point or below, the fog that does form will freeze on exposed surfaces (such as roads), and a full-fledged freezing fog event is born.
Low-lying areas can be colder than the surrounding terrain as that colder and more dense air sinks to the lowest available point, so even an above normal reading on the map can be misleading.
As the sun climbs higher in the sky and starts to warm things up, the air will start to mix a bit and the temperature will rise above the condensation point.
At that point, the fog will start to “burn off” as the water droplets evaporate back into the air.
Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
TUE FEB 14 2012
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
TUE FEB 14 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION…
A QUICK MOVING TROUGH WILL APPROACH TONIGHT…BRINGING A CHANCE OF
RAIN. UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIR WILL LIKELY REMAIN CAPPED…BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS ROOTED ALOFT COULD YIELD A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY FEB 15.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…LESS THAN 40 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
DENSE FOG AND FREEZING FOG WILL GREATLY LIMIT VISIBILITY THIS
MORNING…AND MAY CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS…SIDEWALKS…AND
PARKING LOTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FOG ADVISORIES PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL TRACK
ACROSS OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED… ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL…CENTRAL…AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE…BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS LOW.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
AFTER THE PACIFIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY…FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SOMEWHAT ELEVATED…AS MILD…DRY…AND GUSTY
WEST WINDS ARE FORECAST.
Fog advisory in the National Weather Service, Tulsa coverage area
WWUS74 KTSA 141210
NPWTSA
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
610 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012
OKZ060-061-141600-
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/O.EXA.KTSA.ZF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120214T1600Z/
TULSA-ROGERS-
610 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING…
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…ROGERS AND TULSA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MID-MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE AND A LIGHT GLAZE MAY FORM ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
DEFINITION…
* A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED
OR ARE OCCURRING.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
&&
$$
OKZ066-067-070-071-073-141600-
/O.CON.KTSA.FG.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120214T1600Z/
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-
610 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING…
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…WAGONER…PITTSBURG…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE AND
OKMULGEE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH
MID-MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE BY THE DENSE FOG…CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND
LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
&&
$$
OKZ054>056-059-064-065-141600-
/O.CON.KTSA.ZF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120214T1600Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
610 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING…
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…OKFUSKEE…CREEK…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…NOWATA
AND PAWNEE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MID-MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE AND A LIGHT GLAZE MAY FORM ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.
Injury and non-injury accidents reported to the Oklahoma City Police Department
Injury Accidents: 6
| Address | Time Reported |
|---|---|
| W I-44 HWY EB / N WESTERN AVE | 2/14/2012 7:33 AM |
| SW 29TH ST / S SARA RD | 2/14/2012 7:27 AM |
| BROADWAY EXTENSION HWY NB / E HEFNER RD | 2/14/2012 7:05 AM |
| S EASTERN AVE NB / E I-240 HWY ONRAMP EB | 2/14/2012 6:42 AM |
| SW 29TH ST / S COUNCIL RD | 2/14/2012 6:42 AM |
| W I-240 HWY EB / S MAY AVE | 2/14/2012 5:59 AM |
Non-Injury Accidents: 9
| Address | Time Reported |
|---|---|
| BROADWAY EXTENSION NB / N KELLEY AVE | 2/14/2012 8:04 AM |
| 12201 N WESTERN AVE | 2/14/2012 7:56 AM |
| NW 30TH ST / N MACARTHUR BLVD | 2/14/2012 7:47 AM |
| 5700 S BLACKWELDER AVE | 2/14/2012 7:42 AM |
| NW 25TH ST / N CLASSEN BLVD NB | 2/14/2012 7:22 AM |
| NW10/I-44 | 2/14/2012 7:00 AM |
| SW 44TH ST / S SARA RD | 2/14/2012 6:57 AM |
| 7800 152 HWY EB | 2/14/2012 6:40 AM |
| 5000 BROADWAY EXT HWY ONRAMP SB | 2/14/2012 5:44 AM |
Weather advisory until 10 a.m., regarding fog and freezing fog in areas, from the National Weather Service
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
TUE FEB 14 2012
HARMON-JACKSON-TILLMAN-MURRAY-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-
JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HOLLIS…ALTUS…FREDERICK…SULPHUR…
COALGATE…WALTERS…WAURIKA…ARDMORE…TISHOMINGO…ATOKA…
MARIETTA…MADILL…DURANT…QUANAH…CHILLICOTHE…CROWELL…
VERNON…WICHITA FALLS…MUNDAY…KNOX CITY…SEYMOUR…
ARCHER CITY…HOLLIDAY…LAKESIDE CITY…HENRIETTA
TUE FEB 14 2012
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING…
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LATE
THIS MORNING.
* VISIBILITY: MOST VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE-QUARTER
MILE…BUT SOME WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO.
* IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY CHANGE QUICKLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES SO
MOTORISTS ARE URGED SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED. IN AREAS WHERE
THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FREEZING…SLICK SPOTS MAY FORM ON THE
ROAD…ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU WILL BE OUT DRIVING OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING…SLOW
DOWN…USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LAMPS…AND LEAVE
PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES.
————————
ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-
BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-
OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-
HUGHES-GREER-KIOWA-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-PONTOTOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CHEROKEE…MEDFORD…PONCA CITY…
FAIRVIEW…ENID…PERRY…CHEYENNE…TALOGA…WEATHERFORD…
CLINTON…WATONGA…KINGFISHER…GUTHRIE…STILLWATER…
ELK CITY…SAYRE…CORDELL…ANADARKO…YUKON…EL RENO…
MUSTANG…OKLAHOMA CITY…CHANDLER…CHICKASHA…PURCELL…
NORMAN…MOORE…SHAWNEE…SEMINOLE…HOLDENVILLE…MANGUM…
HOBART…LAWTON…DUNCAN…PAULS VALLEY…ADA
TUE FEB 14 2012
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING…
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD DENSE FREEZING FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE
FREEZING TOWARD AND AFTER 10 AM.
* VISIBILITY: MOST VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE-QUARTER
MILE…BUT SOME WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS: WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING…FREEZING FOG
WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES.
ROADS…SIDEWALKS…AND PARKING LOTS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU WILL BE OUT DRIVING THIS MORNING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR
LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LAMPS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM
BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. VISIBILITIES MAY CHANGE QUICKLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES SO BE PREPARED.
9 movies to watch this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a made up “holiday.” It’s a day in which card companies, movie theaters and restaurants extort money from both genders of our species, all in the name of “love.” And yet, we buy into it, every dang year.