Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…

SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AND COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
GUTHRIE AND EL RENO…. TO CHICKASHA AND ARDMORE… TO DURANT
OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

MEANWHILE… GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER… DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO
PARTS OF FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. AT MID-DAY…
HUMIDITIES IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA RANGED FROM 14 TO AROUND 30
PERCENT. THESE LOWER HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WARM
TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT MID-DAY… SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE RANGED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH
ACROSS THE AREA… WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW 60S IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO THE
UPPER 70S ALONG THE RED RIVER.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WAS
MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AT MID-DAY. THIS COLD FRONT WILL
DRAMATICALLY DROP TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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