Area forecast discussion from the National Weather Service, Norman

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
604 PM CST WED FEB 27 2013

.DISCUSSION…
WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY THIS EVENING.  OTHERWISE…
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL NEXT 24 HRS.

.PREV DISCUSSION… /ISSUED 317 PM CST WED FEB 27 2013/

DISCUSSION…
BREEZY NORTH WINDS CONTINUE BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT HAS PUSHED
INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO DECREASE NEAR
SUNSET AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES. A SFC RIDGE WILL EXTEND
ACROSS WESTERN OK TONIGHT/EARLY TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD
DROP INTO THE LOW 20S UNDER CLEAR SKIES ACROSS N/NW OK WHERE SNOW
PACK WILL REMAIN. NORTH WINDS ARE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FOR TOMORROW
WITH SOME WEAK CAA ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL KEEP MAXTS
SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE THIS AFTERNOON…ALTHOUGH
WITH SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK FROM TODAY THEY SHOULD BE A
COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER FOR MOST LOCATIONS.

BY EARLY FRI MORNING A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITHIN NORTHERLY MID LEVEL
FLOW WILL ENTER THE PANHANDLE AND THEN MOVE OVER SW OK DURING THE
LATE MORNING. SOME VERY LIGHT RAIN/SNOW HAS BEEN INTRODUCED
THROUGH FRI WITH THIS FEATURE…ALTHOUGH LIMITED MOISTURE/LIFT
SHOULD KEEP ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT FROM DEVELOPING. PERSISTENT DEEP
NORTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPS BELOW AVERAGES THROUGH AT LEAST
SATURDAY…BEFORE HEIGHTS START TO INCREASE SUNDAY AS A SHORTWAVE
RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPS ARE THEN
ANTICIPATED FOR MONDAY…ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OK AND
WESTERN N TX…AS THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES
OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. A LEE SFC LOW AND ACCOMPANYING DOWNSLOPE
FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS FEATURE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD
FRONT…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE FA LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

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