Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION…
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING…
BRINGING VERY DRY AND STABLE AIR TO THE LOW LEVELS. A BROAD TROUGH
AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD COVER AND VIRGA ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. DRY LOW LEVEL AIR
WILL LIKELY PREVENT PRECIPITATION FROM REACHING THE GROUND…AND
INSTABILITY IN THE CLOUD LAYER WILL LIKELY REMAIN TOO SMALL TO
SUPPORT LIGHTNING.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY JAN 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
VERY DRY AIR AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED
WILDFIRE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS…WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN
EFFECT. A SLOW MOVING ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. FIRE CREWS SHOULD
REMAIN AWARE OF THE ANTICIPATED SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY WIND.

BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT…WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG…BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 20 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

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