Week Starts Off Chilly As Arctic Blast Looms

Parts of Green Country are waking up to some drizzle as another week kicks off with cold and cloudy conditions.

Here are the details from News On 6 Meteorologist Stephen Nehrenz:

TULSA, Okla. - Chilly temperatures are sticking around Green Country as some very light precipitation moves through for our Monday morning.

Very light precipitation will come to a quick end by mid-morning with no notable impacts across Green Country. Clouds will linger for the morning but sunshine looks to break back out from west-to-east midday into the afternoon. Areas west of Tulsa w ill climb to the lower 50s with more sunshine, with areas east of Tulsa holding in the 40s under the stubborn clouds.

Stubborn cloud cover looks to hang around into Tuesday and Wednesday, leading us to more chilly days with lows around freezing and highs in the lower 40s. But if you think that’s chilly, well… it gets way, way colder from there.

A powerful cold front will blast into Oklahoma on Thursday, bringing with it a frigid Siberian airmass and howling north winds. By Thursday afternoon temperatures will be plummeting into the single digits with dangerously low wind chills falling in the -15 to -20 range. Nope, that’s not a misprint. In addition, some areas of snow are expected Thursday behind that cold front, with the potential for difficult travel due to blowing snow caused by those extremely strong north winds. By Friday morning we’re staring down the possibility of sub-zero temperatures and wind chills of -20 to -25.

The exact details regarding the timing of Thursday’s front and how much snow we could see will continue to be refined over the next few days, but now is the time to plan ahead for extreme cold and potentially difficult travel on Thursday. We’ll keep you updated through the week as those details come into better focus!

I hope you have a great Monday, Green Country! can follow me on Twitter @StephenNehrenz as well as my Facebook page to stay up to date with the very latest.