Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
240 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING. BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHERE
A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE LOCATED. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN
TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND WILL BE RATHER GUSTY
ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN COLORADO AND AN APPROACHING
WAVE. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL APPROACH OR DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT
ACROSS FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA/WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...SO A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FA ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL BRING
A RETURN TO GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. BETTER PRECIP CHANCES WITH THE
FRONT & TROUGH SHOULD BE NORTH AND EAST OF OUR AREA. THE AIRMASS
BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS TODAY`S.

WEDNESDAY SHOULD BRING THE BEST COMBINATION OF SUN WITH LITTLE
WIND THIS WEEK...AS BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN ON
THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER SOME.

ANOTHER FRONT...WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR COLD AIR...WILL ARRIVE
AROUND FRIDAY. MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY RESULT
IN SHOWERS AND PERHAPS STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA LATE FRIDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  28  63  42  67 /   0   0   0   0
HOBART OK         26  65  42  67 /   0   0   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  30  65  44  72 /   0   0   0   0
GAGE OK           25  72  42  63 /   0   0   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     24  63  40  66 /   0   0   0   0
DURANT OK         28  59  42  70 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR OKZ004>048-
     050>052.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR OKZ004-009-010-014>016-
     021-022-033>037.

TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ083>090.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ083>085-087-088.

&&

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