Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman

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MON JAN 31 2011

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVER
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AT
1045 PM…THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOST WIDESPREAD SOUTHEAST OF AN
ERICK TO STILLWATER LINE. THE PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA….FROM AROUND ARDMORE AND MARIETTA NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA WAS FALLING MAINLY AS
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO OCCURRING.
FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST FROM AROUND THE WICHITA FALLS AND
LAWTON AREAS…NORTHWARD TO NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY
METRO AREA PRECIPITATION HAD CHANGED TO MAINLY A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
SLEET.

MEANWHILE…TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL STEADILY RANGING FROM THE
TEENS IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TO THE LOWER AND MID 30S IN FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AT 1045 PM. AS A RESULT ROADS ARE BECOMING SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS AS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES.

PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AS LIFT INCREASES AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MAINLY SLEET
AND SNOW AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE REGION.

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