Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office coverage area

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433 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
A WARM BUT STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY OCT 25.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
FOG WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THIS
MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY
MID-MORNING. DRIVERS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITIES.

WARM TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE AREA… ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PROGRESS SOUTHWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE GREATEST
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ELEVATED AGAIN ON TUESDAY… AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO THE 80S AND LOW 90S WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES AND SKIES CLEAR…SOME LOW LYING AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE A LIGHT FREEZE OR A FROST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

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