Short-term forecast as of 3 a.m., National Weather Service, Norman

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 AM CST WED FEB 20 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-
300 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013

.NOW… AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP
NORTHEASTWARD FROM WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. 3 AM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 30S ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE LOWER AND MID 40S IN WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION
THIS MORNING. THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND SLIGHTLY HEAVIER RAIN IS
EXPECTED GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH 5 AM WHERE AMOUNTS
TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES THROUGH
5 AM ARE EXPECED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK…ALTHOUGH SOME
AREAS IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY DROP TO NEAR THE FREEZING
MARK.

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