Cooler Day On Tap For Eastern Oklahoma

Yesterday’s frontal passage has brought some chilly air to the region this morning.   The daytime highs will also be around 10 to 15 degrees cooler this afternoon compared to yesterday’s highs.   The rest of the week looks rather quiet and cool with the main focus now turning to the weekend as a storm system will be nearing the state with some rain chances and colder air for Saturday.

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Northwest winds will remain today around 10 to 22 mph along with mostly clear sky this morning and mostly sunny conditions this afternoon.   The cool and dry air that moved into the area last night will stick around today with highs in the lower to mid-50s across northeastern OK.

Thursday the boundary may briefly lift northward into southern Kansas and this may bring a minor warm-up with highs in the mid to upper 50s along with south winds around 10 mph.  But the next system will quickly approach the area Friday into the weekend and this will bring some active weather back to the state.

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Friday the temps should start in the 30s and end into the lower to mid-50s before the northeast surface winds bring colder air into the area by evening.   If you’re heading to any of the state football championship games Friday, the temps will start in the 40s and end into the lower 40s for those games. 

The upper air flow will quickly bring a trough down the west coast later today and into the southwestern U.S. Thursday.   This feature will hold the key to the weekend weather.   The data is now converging and offering some showers for part of the state this weekend along with chilly conditions Saturday allowing daytime highs to remain in the 40s.   The GFS and EURO have different solutions regarding the outcome of the trough.  The EURO is still more progressive with the system and would bring rain into the Saturday and for part of Sunday, while the GFS continues to hold back the main southwestern cut-off.  This would bring some rain to the area Saturday but would keep us dry Sunday and for most of Monday.   The nighttime crew yanked the precip from the Sunday period but we may still may have a few showers early Sunday morning across part of eastern or southeastern OK.

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There will be a lot of talk about a big cold front for the middle to end of next week.   It does appear rather chilly.  But that’s late next week.    And we have a system for this weekend that still needs some work and has some uncertainty.    We’ll keep you posted.

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