Great Shopping Weather Across NE Oklahoma

I hope you’re having a wonderful Thanksgiving.   Travis has the night off and for the first time in 10 years I’m working a night shift!   I’ll be totally honest:  it’s very strange.   Hopefully I can keep my eyes open past 8 pm!   So buckle up and here we go!

The weather has been great on Thursday other than some early morning fog across northeastern OK.   Our pattern will remain active for the next several days, including a weak system Thursday night with little impact and a much stronger system early next week that will bring rain and storms back to the region.   If you’re heading out Thursday night for some early Black Friday shopping, grab the jacket or the coat.   Temps will quickly drop into the 50s.  

A fast-upper level system is passing north of the area Thursday night but will shove a surface front across eastern OK during the next few hours.   This may bring a few clouds occasionally to the area this evening but no major changes to the current weather will be anticipated other than a wind shift and slightly cooler air Friday.   I suppose some fog may be possible pre-dawn Friday along the boundary across far southeastern OK before it moves southeast out of the area.  

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Friday morning the lows will be in the mid-30s with highs in the mid to upper 50s.    North winds will prevail around 10 to 15 mph with mostly sunny conditions for most of the day after some early morning clouds across eastern OK.

This weekend the first of a few stronger waves may be nearing the southern and central plains by Sunday and this will change our pattern twice in a short time.   We’ll see a quick return to gusty south winds Saturday across western OK and more so Sunday across the eastern third of the state with increasing clouds for the 2nd half of the weekend.   Temps Saturday morning will be in the upper 30s with highs in the mid to upper 60s.   A few clouds will be possible by mostly sunny conditions will be likely.   Sunday stronger south winds will commence in the range of 20 to 30 mph with increasing clouds and warmer overnight lows in the 40s.   Sunday afternoon highs will be in the mid-60s.   This first upper level system should eject to the northeast across the central or northern plains but another low may develop at the base of the broad trough to our southwest.    The net impact will be to keep a chance for showers and storms in the forecast beginning Sunday night and remaining as a chance through Tuesday morning.   The exact timeline of the system will no doubt change from now until then, but at this point appears to feature a better chance for eastern OK Monday morning to afternoon.   If low level moisture can become more significant a few strong to severe storms would be possible.   As it stands now, the higher likelihood for this will occur across northeastern TX and possibly the ArkLaTex region Monday or Monday night.

The data continue to diverge greatly by the middle of the week and I’m sure you’ll find all kinds of information about cold air.

Have a super great Thanksgiving evening, and thanks for reading the Thursday night weather discussion and blog.

Alan Crone