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EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
918 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES.
TEMPERATURES BY LATE AFTERNOON HAD WARMED INTO THE LOWER 80S TO
AROUND 90 DEGREES. BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE ALSO COMMON
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PERIOD.

AT MID EVENING...SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALED MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER
MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHILE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WERE
OBSERVED ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE BULK OF THESE CLOUDS CONSISTED
OF HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS...AND WERE PART OF AN EXTENSIVE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. EVENING
TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH BREEZY
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING.

THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA WILL MAKE A RUN TOWARD THE AREA OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE SKIES
WILL GENERALLY BE CLOUDY. LOW TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL FALL INTO
THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S...MOSTLY IN LINE WITH THE SEASONAL AVERAGE
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY CALLS FOR A MIXED BAG
OF CONDITIONS. PART OF THE DAY WILL CONSIST OF VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES
WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. BY LATE AFTERNOON THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INTRODUCED AS
THE TRIGGER FOR THIS EVENINGS UNSETTLED WEATHER TO OUR WEST SHIFTS
EASTWARD. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE LOWER 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES.

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