Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman

SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 601 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-231215-

HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 601 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 .

NOW… AT 6 AM…A BAND OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHEROKEE…TO WATONGA…TO LAWTON…TO WICHITA FALLS TEXAS…AND SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND OF CLOUDS AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS…

IN THE FEW LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SHOWERS…WILL BE NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THROUGH 7 AM…THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY ANADARKO…LAWTON…AND DUNCAN. ELSEWHERE…MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE…WITH TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE.

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