Weather Briefing

Expect a few more clouds in the mix today with highs in the lower 80s.  South winds will increase speeds from 10 to 25 mph this afternoon with a very slight chance of an isolated shower or storm across extreme northern OK.

We continue to keep a persistent forecast of windy and warm conditions with a very slight chance of an isolated shower or storm across extreme northern Ok and southern Kn.  This chance remains around 10% for today and tomorrow.   The higher chances for most of Eastern OK will arrive Friday with an upper level wave moving across the state.  We have increased the pops from 30% to 40% for this time period.  The timing of this system should allow most of Saturday and Sunday to remain precipitation free.  Another strong looking front will arrive Sunday night into early Monday bringing seasonably cooler air to the region.  Models differ on precipitation opportunities with the Sunday evening system.  At this point, I'll introduce a slight chance of showers and storms for this passage.  The GFS is much more bullish regarding precipitation chances for the Sunday evening system while the EURO is dry.   This dry solution seems a little iffy with the current observations of moisture across the southern plains, so I'll keep a slight mention of thunderstorms for Sunday evening into pre-dawn Monday.  This pop could come up. 

Temperatures may come down for a few days next week.  More seasonal air may be likely with lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. 

Temperatures yesterday moved into the lower 80s.  The normal temperatures for the Tulsa metro  would be lows near 43 and highs near 66.  Extended model data supports some near normal temperatures early next week. 

Rainfall amounts from January 1 to today included 8.46 inches from Tulsa international.  Last year at the Tulsa area had received just less than 4 inches of rainfall from January 1 to March 27^th.