Some “wintry precipitation” possible this week in portions of the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office coverage area

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435 AM CST MON DEC 17 2012

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
MORNING.  OTHERWISE…A MILD AND RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT. 

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST TUESDAY DEC 18.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
HIGH HUMIDITY AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY DENSE
FOG THIS MORNING…ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.  MOST OF THE
FOG THAT FORMS WILL DISSIPATE BY MID TO LATE MORNING. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

ADDITIONALLY…A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT…BRINGING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN ELEVATED OVER THE COMING WEEK.

VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY…AS VERY
WARM…DRY…AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRY AIR.

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