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FXUS64 KOUN 121708
AFDOUN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
1208 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 232 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024

Patchy fog is possible this morning across western north Texas
and southwest Oklahoma, where was recent rainfall and winds are
light with clear skies. Any fog should dissipate by mid-morning.

Today will be the transition day toward hotter weather as mid-
level heights rise with the exit of the mid/upper-level low to the
southeast. The low-level thermal ridge will expand the northeast
in tandem with an expanding ~595 dam mid-level ridge centered
across the southwest U.S. This synoptic-scale pattern, combined
with increased insolation, will result in afternoon highs 5 to 10
deg F higher than yesterday--generally ranging from the upper 80s
to mid 90s deg F.

Mahale

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Thursday through Tuesday)
Issued at 232 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024

By Thursday, the mid-level ridge and attendant low-level thermal
ridge will expand farther to the northeast as the center of the
ridge begins an eastward shift in response to an mid/upper-level
low approaching the California coastline. Even hotter temperatures
are expected with afternoon highs another ~5 deg F higher. These
hot temperatures will continue into Friday.

By late Friday, the aforementioned mid/upper-level low is
forecast to open up into a trough and begin to lift into the
Plains. This will result in a low to moderate chance (20 to 30%)
of showers and thunderstorms beginning across northwest Oklahoma
Friday night.

As the trough slowly moves across the Plains, there will be at
least a low chance of showers and thunderstorms across the
northern half of Oklahoma through the upcoming weekend. The
uncertainty is southern extent of the trough`s influence. If the
latitude of the trough is farther to the south, there is the
potential more of the area may see a chance for rain during the
upcoming weekend. Outside of any thunderstorms, generally hot
temperatures in the 90s deg F will continue through the weekend.

By early next week, the mid-level ridge is forecast to be centered
across the eastern U.S. Tropical moisture may rotate around the
western periphery of ridge. A weakness in the ridge, combined with
this tropical moisture, will result in a low chance of showers
and thunderstorms across southeast Oklahoma by Tuesday. This
weakness may also result in temperatures a few degrees lower--
especially across southeast Oklahoma.

A cold front may also approach from the north Tuesday night into
Wednesday, but there remains uncertainty on how far south the
front will make it before it stalls. Probabilistic guidance
indicates the 12/00Z GFS is currently an outlier with its
significant cool down by next Wednesday (e.g., the 10th percentile
temperatures are 20+ deg F higher than the deterministic GFS).
Currently, the more likely scenario is a small to no cool down
with a chance of showers and thunderstorms across northern
Oklahoma.

Mahale

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1207 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024

Light to breezy south winds and VFR conditions will prevail
through most of the TAF period. There is a low chance for patchy
fog in southwest Oklahoma and western north Texas tomorrow
morning.

Day

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  69  93  71  94 /   0   0   0   0
Hobart OK         69  96  71  97 /   0   0   0   0
Wichita Falls TX  69  94  70  94 /   0   0   0   0
Gage OK           68 101  69  98 /   0   0  10   0
Ponca City OK     69  97  72  97 /   0   0   0   0
Durant OK         68  92  68  94 /   0   0   0   0

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....10
AVIATION...14