Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AND COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
STILLWATER AND SHAWNEE… TO ADA AND TISHOMINGO… TO DURANT
OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

MEANWHILE AT 2 PM… HUMIDITIES IN PARTS OF FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS RANGED FROM 10 TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. THESE
LOWER HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL FOR THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON.

ALSO AT 2 PM… SOUTHWEST WINDS RANGED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA… WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
THE MID 60S IN PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TO THE LOW 80S IN PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION QUICKLY
DROPPING TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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