Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office

ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-JACKS
ON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LOVE-
MAJOR- MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
617 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…

SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM…A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM CROWELL…TEXAS TO GRANDFIELD…OKLAHOMA
TO RUSH SPRING TO SHAWNEE AND CHANDLER.  THE FRONT WAS MOVING
SOUTH AROUND 40 MPH.  VERY STRONG WINDS WERE NOTED BEHIND THE
FRONT IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA WITH SOME GUSTS EXCEEDING 55 MPH.

BY 8 PM…THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ALONG A HOLDENVILLE
AND ARDMORE LINE. WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  TEMPERATURES
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT ARE NOT EXCEPTIONALLY COOL AS COOLER
WEATHER IS LAGGING THE FRONT BY SEVERAL HOURS.   MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT
WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S WITH BREEZY NORTH
WINDS ADDING A CHILL TO THE AIR.

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