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FXUS64 KOUN 181530
AFDOUN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...
AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFF TO THE EAST...SOUTHERLY WINDS
ARE RETURNING TO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. AN AREA OF CLOUDS
REMAINS OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS...BUT WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SLOWLY WITH TIME...WHILE PARTIAL
CLOUD COVER SPREADS NORTH.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE FORECAST THIS MORNING.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014/

AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS WILL EXIST OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND
AREAS OF MVFR FOG IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKALHOMA. LIGHT
NORTHEAST WIND WILL TURN TO SOUTH AND BECOME GUSTY IN WESTERN
OKLAHOMA DURING THE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND
THIS MORNING.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014/

DISCUSSION...
SUNNY AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNS TODAY. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL
APPROACH LATE SATURDAY AND BRING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR RAIN
SUNDAY. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THE DRYLINE
WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE PANHANDLES. A FRONT MONDAY FOLLOWS THE
TROUGH AND BRINGS DRIER AIR. SOUTH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES INCREASE
MID-WEEK WHICH MAY LEAD TO HEIGHTENED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY
AND MORE LIKELY THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND PUSH THE DRYLINE INTO OKLAHOMA.
THURSDAY IS LIKELY TO BE THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST WILDFIRE
POTENTIAL OF THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS
SYSTEM ALONG THE DRYLINE AND THE FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH
OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  73  53  78  59 /   0   0   0  20
HOBART OK         70  51  78  57 /   0   0  10  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  53  79  59 /   0   0  10  30
GAGE OK           70  52  78  56 /   0   0  10  30
PONCA CITY OK     73  52  80  60 /   0   0   0  20
DURANT OK         74  52  78  58 /   0   0   0  20

&&

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

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