Area forecast discussion from the National Weather Service, Norman

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

…DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA…

.UPDATE…
DOWNGRADED BLIZZARD/WINTER STORM WARNING TO WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY NEAR A QUANAH TEXAS TO LAWTON TO OKLAHOMA CITY
LINE. CANCELLED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING WICHITA FALLS…BUT REPLACED IT WITH A
WIND ADVISORY.

WILL ADJUST PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND AMOUNTS AS WELL…MAINLY
DOWNWARD.

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.DISCUSSION…
MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE BLIZZARD CONTINUES OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE HEAVIEST
SNOW BANDS HAVE SET UP ON NORTH/NORTHWEST SIDE OF MID/UPPER LOW.
AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL
NORTH OF AN ALVA TO CHANDLER LINE. WOODWARD HAS ALREADY REPORTED
NEARLY 15 INCHES AND ENID HAS REPORTED AROUND 6 INCHES. EVEN HAD A
FEW REPORTS OF THUNDERSNOW IN THESE AREAS. APPEARS LOCATIONS
NORTH OF A CHEYENNE TO PERRY LINE WILL RECEIVE ONE FOOT OF SNOW
OR MORE ONCE THIS SYSTEM IS OVER. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE
THROUGH 3 AM.

KEPT THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR NOW ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA…
THOUGH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN IMPROVING WITH MOST SNOW
DISSIPATING. ONE STRONGER SNOW BAND CONTINUED FROM NEAR TALOGA
TO HOBART AT 910 PM. APPEARS VISIBILITIES AND CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. IF TREND CONTINUES…MAY CANCEL IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA…DECREASED TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS.
LATEST RADAR INDICATED SOME RETURNS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE METRO
AREA AND A PERSISTENT SNOW BAND FROM CHANDLER TO NEAR ADA. IN
THESE BANDS…AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR…BUT OVERALL
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. WITH THE LOWER SNOW
AMOUNTS AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ABOVE FREEZING NOT
ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING PROBLEMS ON ROADS…CHOSE TO
DOWNGRADE OKLAHOMA…CLEVELAND…AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES TO A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN THESE AREAS
THROUGH THE NIGHT.

ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS…LIGHT
PRECIPITATION…MAINLY SNOW…CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE AS SINKING
AIR IS OCCURRING BEHIND THE DEPARTING MID/UPPER LOW. ONE CURRENT
SNOW BAND MAY BRING A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
NEAR ALTUS OR FREDERICK…THOUGH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL
GENERALLY BE RATHER LIGHT AND WELL UNDER ONE INCH.

REPLACED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH WIND ADVISORY FOR
THE WICHITA FALLS…HENRIETTA…ARCHER CITY…AND SEYMOUR
AREAS WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH FOR THE
REST OF TONIGHT.

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