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FXUS64 KOUN 062340
AFDOUN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
540 PM CST THU MAR 6 2014

.AVIATION...
07/00Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD
WITH INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT. FROPA
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TERMINALS 20-22Z TOMORROW AND
REMAINING TERMINALS AFTER FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 431 PM CST THU MAR 6 2014/

DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S BEFORE
A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION FRI AFTN/NIGHT. THIS FRONT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH A MID/UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION FRI
NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT
INTO SAT. MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL BE RAIN... EXCEPT FOR A CHANCE OF
WINTER PRECIP...MAINLY SNOW...ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA LATE FRI NIGHT/SAT MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND THOSE THAT OCCUR WILL BE MAINLY
CONFINED TO FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO END SAT NIGHT. TEMPS WILL BE COOL SAT BUT QUICKLY RECOVER BACK
INTO THE 60S AND 70S EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MODELS SHOW ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY AS
ANOTHER UPPER WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN
TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM BUT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  36  65  39  45 /   0  10  30  70
HOBART OK         37  68  37  45 /   0  10  30  60
WICHITA FALLS TX  38  72  41  48 /   0  10  10  50
GAGE OK           37  65  31  41 /   0  10  40  50
PONCA CITY OK     34  60  34  42 /   0  10  40  60
DURANT OK         36  63  42  51 /   0  10  10  60

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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