Wildfire Threat Entering Green Country With Gusty Winds

A storm system is ejecting into the central and northern high plains.  Showers and storms will exit our area early today with northwest winds and highs in the mid to upper 60s following this afternoon.  Another surge of cooler air will arrive Tuesday afternoon or evening into Wednesday with a noticeable cool down as the main upper level flow continues to keep chilly air across the central part of the nation.  

Fire danger increases Monday afternoon with dry air and gusty winds.

The upper flow should develop another cut-off type low across the desert southwest Friday and this may spread some rain back near our area sometime this weekend.   As this is occurring, another front will arrive Friday or Saturday keeping highs possibly into the upper 40s.  The data diverge greatly Sunday. 

The weather was a little bumpy last night for some locations. Strong to severe storms developed across southeastern OK as the main trough begin impacting the area.  We also have a few storms near and north of the metro overnight. By the time most folks read this forecast post, the storms will be moving out of the state with clearing sky and highs in the 60s remaining.

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The pattern will keep us on the cool side of guidance for the middle of the week. The above-mentioned system for late in the week may have the better impact across the southern sections of the state into Texas Friday and Saturday.  It’s too early to pin-down at this point, so we’ll need to keep a slight mention in the forecast from Friday night into Saturday. 

Sunday features a battle between the EURO and GFS with big differences in the weather. I’ll refrain at this point from too much speculation but the EURO would bring much colder air and some threat of wintry precipitation part of the state.For this update, I’ll probably stick with more of an ensemble solution for Sunday.

Temps today will be in the mid-60s along with sunshine after the early morning clouds. West to northwest winds are likely around 10 to 25 mph.

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Tuesday morning will start with lows in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Daytime highs will be in the upper 50s or lower 60s along with mostly sunny sky and northwest winds.   A front will arrive Tuesday afternoon or evening with gusty northwest winds and temperatures dropping.  Wednesday morning the lows will be in the lower to mid-30s with highs only in the upper 40s or lower 50s. Thursday morning could support a few locations near freezing for the morning hours with afternoon highs into the mid-50s along with west winds at 10 mph.

Friday another surge of colder air will arrive along with northeast winds and temps staying the 40s for afternoon highs.   This weekend will feature lows in the lower 30s and highs Saturday in the 40s. 

Thanks for reading the Monday morning weather discussion and blog.

Have a super great day!

Alan Crone

KOTV