Area forecast discussion from the National Weather Service
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
523 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013
.AVIATION...
IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THIS EVENING AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW
AND/OR FOG. AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED TOWARD MORNING
IN MANY AREAS WITH THE EXIT OF THE STORM SYSTEM.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013/
DISCUSSION...
FOCUSED MAINLY ON TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW...ALTHOUGH A FEW
ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO LATER PERIODS OF THE FORECAST.
THE SURFACE CENTER OF THE LARGE WINTER STORM WAS NEAR DAVIS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE UPPER-LEVEL CENTER WAS ALMOST IN THE
SAME LOCATION. THIS HAS LED TO A SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS
TODAY...AND THE STORM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ITS RELATIVELY SLOW
MOVEMENT OVERNIGHT...WHILE TURNING MORE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY SEE
GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE
BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES WELL INTO THE NIGHT. FARTHER
EAST...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SET UP AND
DISSIPATE AS THE OVERALL SNOW AREA SHIFTS SLOWLY EAST. IT APPEARS
THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST 1/3 OR SO
OF OKLAHOMA...ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF ALTUS...OKLAHOMA CITY...AND
CUSHING. HOWEVER...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW EVEN SMALL
AMOUNTS ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES
OVERNIGHT...EXACERBATED BY DARKNESS.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW MORNING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
LINGERING EFFECTS ON TEMPERATURE WILL BE VERY NOTICEABLE FOR A FEW
DAYS...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AS THE SNOW FIELD MELTS.
THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WERE LEFT AS THEY WERE...EXCEPT
SEMINOLE COUNTY WAS MOVED TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LEVEL
RATHER THAN WINTER STORM WARNING.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 31 37 22 42 / 90 10 10 10
HOBART OK 26 38 21 43 / 60 10 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 31 49 26 50 / 60 10 10 10
GAGE OK 16 31 17 34 / 80 10 10 0
PONCA CITY OK 32 35 19 36 / 100 20 10 10
DURANT OK 35 49 30 51 / 40 10 10 10
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR OKZ019-020-
024>030-037-038.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR OKZ004>018-021>023-
033>036.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR OKZ031-032-
039>042-044>046.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR TXZ084-085.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR TXZ083.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR TXZ086>090.
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