Weather Blog: Mild Weekend Ahead, Rain Chances Increase In Southeast Oklahoma

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Saturday, December 7th 2024, 10:23 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. -

A mild weekend with increasing clouds and a chance of showers is in store for Green Country, with breezy winds and warmer temperatures leading up to a colder start to the workweek.

Weekend Weather Outlook

Saturday Highs: About 10° warmer than Friday, with breezy conditions and more sunshine near and north of Tulsa.
Rain Chances: A slight chance of sprinkles or showers will develop later this afternoon, primarily affecting areas south and southeast of Tulsa.

Looking Ahead

Sunday: Rain chances continue through midday, especially in southeastern parts of the region.
Monday Evening: A cold front is expected to arrive, bringing chillier weather.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Temperatures will drop, ushering in a colder midweek.

Stay tuned for updates and have your umbrella handy if you're in areas south of Tulsa this weekend!

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Clear skies, dry air, and light winds have brought very cold weather to northern Oklahoma early Friday morning.

Tulsa forecast for Friday.

This will be the coldest morning of the late fall and early winter season for many locations, with temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s.

Highs on Friday.

A surface high-pressure system is located to the north and east, allowing for a light north wind Friday morning. Later, as the ridge moves, a light south wind will develop at 10 mph.

This will result in mostly sunshine and afternoon highs reaching the upper 40s and lower 50s.

Most of the weekend will be pleasant yet with some increasing cloud cover with temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s. There will be a chance for a few showers across southern Oklahoma and North Texas.

Rain chances on Saturday.

A low-pressure system has been cut off from the upper airflow for the last several days, positioned across the desert southwest. It is slowly moving eastward and will eject over the central and southern Plains on Sunday.

Another lobe of energy will arrive at the base of this trough later Friday night, producing showers and storms across Texas that will extend into the Red River Valley Saturday morning and then again late Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Highs on Saturday.

There will be a low-end probability for a few showers along and south of the I-40 corridor, but higher chances will be along the Red River Valley.

Early Sunday morning, as the cutoff low begins to eject to the east-northeast, additional showers and storms will likely occur across northeast Texas, extending into far southern Oklahoma.

A few showers will be possible along and east of Highway 69 across east-central sections of the state, but higher probabilities will remain to the south and east of most of our area.

Rain chances on Sunday.

As the low ejects away from the state on Monday, a cold front will move across the area by midday, bringing falling temperatures from the 50s into the 40s by afternoon and early evening.

Highs the next 7 days.

Tuesday morning will start in the upper 20s and lower 30s, with afternoon highs in the mid and upper 40s.

Lows the next 7 days.

Wednesday morning will also start in the mid and upper 20s, with daytime highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s.

From Thursday through next weekend, a warming trend is likely with no major storm systems approaching the state.

Emergency Info: Outages Across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric cooperatives, many of which have overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.

PSO Outage Map

OG&E Outage Map

VVEC Outage Map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map — (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)