Hazardous weather outloook for the National Weather Service, Norman coverage area

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
SAT DEC 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION… A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
OVERNIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS…INCREASING MOISTURE COMBINED WITH LIFT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT…AND AT LEAST MARGINAL INSTABILITY…MAY LEAD TO
SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WITH
VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY…NO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY DEC 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…15 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…ZERO PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… PATCHY FOG WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY
AND INTO TONIGHT. FOG MAY BE DENSE AT TIMES TONIGHT ESPECIALLY IN
LOW LYING AND OPEN AREAS. BE CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING OR
TONIGHT AND SLOW DOWN IF DENSE FOG DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK… THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT…ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AS
MUCH COLDER AIR FUNNELS INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA…LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP…BUT NO ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED. A POTENT UPPER WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT SUNDAY…GENERATING AREAS OF
SNOW FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT…THOUGH ISOLATED AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF
INCH.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER… BREEZY NORTH WINDS…COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S…WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY
MORNING. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

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