Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
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FXUS64 KTSA 141743
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1243 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A
LOW PRESSURE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. CLOUD
COVER IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. A CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD...WITH CHANCES SPREADING
NORTHWARD JUST OUTSIDE OF THE TAF PERIOD. THUS...WILL EXTEND THE
PROB30 GROUP FOR MLC. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1036 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013/
..UPDATE...
DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY WARMED INTO THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80
DEGREES AS OF 10 AM THIS MORNING WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
THESE WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME GUSTY IN THE 20 TO NEAR 30 MPH RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WAVE EXPECTED TO EXIT OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL HELP TEMPS
GET TO AND ABOVE YESTERDAYS HIGHS THROUGHOUT THE REGION...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAKING A RUN AT 90 DEGREES OR
BETTER TODAY. MORNING UPDATE WILL BE TO TWEAK MAX TEMP AND WIND
GRIDS...OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 67 79 65 78 / 10 30 50 30
FSM 63 78 62 76 / 10 40 70 50
MLC 65 76 64 76 / 20 50 60 40
BVO 64 80 65 79 / 10 20 40 30
FYV 60 75 60 74 / 10 40 70 40
BYV 61 77 60 74 / 10 40 70 40
MKO 64 77 63 76 / 10 40 70 40
MIO 64 80 64 77 / 10 20 40 30
F10 66 76 64 76 / 10 40 60 40
HHW 63 76 63 78 / 30 70 70 40
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
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AVIATION...20