National Weather Service, Norman forecast calling for possible triple digit temperatures
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE
MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUL 31.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…5 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE ARE LOW CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES OR MOVES INTO THE
AREA. OTHERWISE… THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS BETWEEN
95 AND 105 AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ABOVE 100 IN MOST AREAS
WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. USE
CAUTION WHEN PLANNING OUTDOOR WORK OR ACTIVITIES.
Facts about triple digit temperatures in Oklahoma City history
Will Rogers World Airport is the official weather recording station for Oklahoma City. That station has not recorded triple digits so far this year, but the forecast is calling for actual temperatures of 100 degrees or above possibly beginning this weekend.
Facts about temperature
Oklahoma City
(Records back to 1891):
Average first 100-degree temperature – July 9
Average last 100-degree temperature – Aug. 20
Latest triple-digit temperature – Sept. 30, 1977 (100 degrees)
Earliest triple-digit temperature – April 12, 1972 (100 degrees)
Most consecutive triple-digit days – 22 (Aug. 4-26, 1936)
Most recent streak – 17 (Aug. 19-Sept. 4, 2000 – third longest)
Most triple-digit days in a calendar year – 50 (1980)
Fewest triple-digit days in a calendar year – 0 (Numerous times, most recently in 2004)
Hottest temperature on record – 113 degrees (Aug. 11, 1936)
Hottest temperature in the past 10 years – 108 degrees (Sept. 2 and 3, 2000)
SOURCE: The National Weather Service
Thunderstorms possible this afternoon
National Weather Service, Norman:
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THIS AFTERNOON…THE AIR WAS VERY UNIFORM ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AT 230 PM…TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 89 DEGREES
TO 92 DEGREES. A FEW STATIONS IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA REPORTED WARMER
READINGS UP TO 95. IT WAS HUMID…WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY BETWEEN
68 AND 71 DEGREES…YIELDING HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 95 TO 101
DEGREES. THE FIRST RAIN SHOWERS OF THE DAY HAD FORMED IN NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA…WHERE COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND WEAK SURFACE
CONVERGENCE FAVORED DEVELOPMENT. STILL…THIS ACTIVITY WAS VERY
ISOLATED.
ELSEWHERE…SATELLITE REVEALED WIDESPREAD CUMULUS…BUT THERE WAS
LITTLE SIGN OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. STRONG HEATING IN THE MOIST AIR
WILL LIKELY YIELD A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON…BUT A LACK OF FOCUS WILL GREATLY LIMIT THE ACTIVITY…
AND THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS ONLY 10 TO 20 PERCENT.
Showers showing up in some areas of northern Oklahoma, National Weather Service, Norman
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON…TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN TO THE UPPER 80S AND
LOWER 90S. IT WAS HUMID…WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY BETWEEN 70 AND 73
DEGREES…YIELDING HEAT INDICES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. RADAR
SHOWED A FEW SMALL RAIN SHOWERS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHERN KANSAS. SHOWERS WERE INCREASING WEST AND NORTH OF
WOODWARD…AND NORTH OF FAIRVIEW OVER TOWARD WAKITA. WITH WEAK
INSTABILITY AND WEAK STEERING WINDS…THE SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
DISORGANIZED AND SMALL…AND THE CHANCE OF MEASURABLE RAIN IS ONLY
20 PERCENT AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION. STILL…A FEW OF THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN…AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH AFTERNOON HEATING.
SIMILAR WEATHER IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE…WITH ONLY A 10 TO 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN. WIDESPREAD CUMULUS CLOUDS AND HUMID AIR WILL KEEP
HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S.
Oklahoma weather could include isolated thunderstorms in some areas today, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
BY LATE MORNING…TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN INTO THE LOWER 80S…WITH
HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 80S. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY HUMID…AND
SATELLITE SHOWED CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ANOTHER BATCH OF CLOUDS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA…WHERE AN
ISOLATED SPRINKLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. BY 2 PM…
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO AROUND 90 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES WILL REACH
THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES DURING THE WARMEST TIME OF DAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON…AND STORMS MAY
BE SOMEWHAT MORE NUMEROUS IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. MOST LOCATIONS…HOWEVER…WILL REMAIN DRY.
Short-term forecast on this Thursday morning, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S TO START THE MORNING.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY HUMID…AND SATELLITE AND VISUAL
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS FROM CENTRAL INTO
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING…BUT THEN REFORM
AS CUMULUS BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 80S BY
11 AM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON…BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL STAY DRY.
Temperature and humidity levels forecast to rise as we move toward the weekend
National Weather Service, Norman
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TOWARD THE
WEEKEND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PEOPLE DEVELOPING HEAT
RELATED ILLNESS. PERSONS WHO WORK OR PLAY OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF
THE DAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HOTTER CONDITIONS.
Showers in some areas of southern and western Oklahoma already today, National Weather Service, Norman
AROUND 1230 PM…RADAR DETECTED ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT AREAS
OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS WERE LIFTING NORTHEAST AROUND 10
MPH. A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED BETWEEN LEEDEY AND CHEYENNE.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER
80S TO LOWER 90S. SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL
HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN.
Oklahoma weather in next few days, National Weather Service, Norman
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. THE GREATEST
COVERAGE WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND OVER
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS…ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TOWARD THE
WEEKEND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PEOPLE DEVELOPING HEAT
RELATED ILLNESS. PERSONS WHO WORK OR PLAY OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF
THE DAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HOTTER CONDITIONS.
Widely scatter showers, National Weather Service, Norman
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
SHORTLY AFTER 1115 AM…RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
BETWEEN DUNCAN AND CHICKASHA. THE STORMS WERE LIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 15 MPH. AREAS FROM TUTTLE TO NORMAN TO PURCELL
MAY EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT RAIN FROM THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE
NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED
OVER WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BETWEEN LEEDEY….CHEYENNE AND
SWEETWATER. THE SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON…OTHER ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL FORM AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES.
