Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office

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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…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATER TODAY…AS WINDS
SHIFT BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR
IN FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE
TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE UNLIKELY…DUE TO WEAK INSTABILITY.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY FEB 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…5 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
LIGHT TO CALM WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING MAY ALLOW FOR PATCHY GROUND
FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. WITH
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING…FOG WILL FREEZE ON EXPOSED
SURFACES…MAKING FOR ICY WINDSHIELDS AND HEAVY FROST ON PLANTS.
TRAVEL IMPACTS…HOWEVER…ARE UNLIKELY…AS FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE DENSE…AND WILL DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING.

.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. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN…AND SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF
SEVERE STORMS OCCUR…LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE
MAIN HAZARDS. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS
SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE
TO INCREASING WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

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