Cold front expected in far northwest Oklahoma by 5 pm and will quickly move across the area tonight, National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office

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 TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS.

MEANWHILE AT 3 PM… HUMIDITIES IN FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS RANGED FROM 10 TO 20 PERCENT. THESE LOWER HUMIDITIES
WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL FOR THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON.

ALSO AT 3 PM… SOUTHWEST WINDS RANGED FROM 10 TO 25 MPH ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA… WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES
RANGED FROM THE MID 60S IN NORTHWEST 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 THE
MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FAR
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY 5 PM 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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