Short term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

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-
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

.NOW…SNOW WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON FROM PARTS OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THROUGH 4 PM…THE SNOW WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD NORTH OF A QUANAH
TEXAS TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO SHAWNEE LINE. RELATIVELY WARM GROUND
TEMPERATURES AND AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING
WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER…ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
LIKELY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS PERSIST FOR AWHILE.

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…MAINLY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL
PERSIST.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM THE WEST AS THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

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