Hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service, Norman

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 FRI FEB 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR.

DISCUSSION…
FOLLOWING YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT…WINDS HAVE SLOWLY SHIFTED BACK
TO THE SOUTH AND EAST…WITH INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER…BUT
LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PREVENT SHOWERS OR
STORMS FROM DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY FEB 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…ZERO PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY…AS A
POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ARNETT TO DURANT OKLAHOMA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS
THAT MANAGE TO DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS…ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY MOST OF THE STORMS AS THEY DEVELOP
INTO AN EASTWARD MOVING SQUALL LINE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS
WEST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH BEHIND A WEAK COLD
FRONT…AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS BELOW 20 PERCENT
FROM INTERSTATE 35 WESTWARD.

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