Short-term forecast, from the National Weather Service, Norman (as of 2:55 a.m. Christmas Day)

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-
255 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

.NOW…
REPORTS FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE ROADS ARE BECOMING SLICK AND DANGEROUS
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.  ADDITIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 5 AM. A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA THROUGH 5 AM.  AREAS FROM SULPHUR TO ADA AND HOLDENVILLE MAY
SEE TEMPERATURES FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING AS THE RAIN ARRIVES.
THIS MAY ALLOW A THIN GLAZE OF ICE TO OCCUR.  NEAR THE RED RIVER…MOST
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY
MORNING. 

DO NOT TRUST CAR THERMOMETERS ABOUT TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR ICE ON ROADWAYS.  THEY TEND TO READ A LITTLE WARM ON AVERAGE.

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