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Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
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329 FXUS64 KOUN 272150 AFDOUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 450 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 442 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 - Daily chances for isolated to scattered showers and storms through next week, with highest chances Monday and Tuesday. - Humid conditions continue, with heat indices near 100 degrees most afternoons. && .NEAR TERM... (Rest of today and tonight) Issued at 110 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 A very humid airmass remains in place across our area today. With an MCV and a surface trough draped across the western part of our area and broken sunshine peeking through ahead of them, rather robust storm coverage is probable again today. The severe risk is even lower today than it was yesterday thanks to greater mid-level moisture, but sporadic hydro issues and water-laden downbursts are possible. The likeliest corridor for storms will be central and southwest Oklahoma this afternoon, translating eastward into south central Oklahoma this evening. Similar to last night, a secondary surge in shower/storm coverage is possible late tonight along the new/reinforced MCV, potentially near central Oklahoma. Otherwise, expect temperatures to remain well into the 70s. Meister && .SHORT TERM... (Saturday through Sunday night) Issued at 110 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 Height rises will occur in the 24 hours between now and tomorrow afternoon, leaving the weak area of troughing a distant memory (barring any MCVs, of course). Given the overall moisture content of the airmass, even flat-out ridging won`t fully bar storm chances tomorrow, but it will lower them more to the 20 percent range instead of the 40-50 range. Height rises will also usher in increasing temperatures with highs getting into the low-to-mid 90s. Not necessarily heat risk thresholds, but the relative comfort of this past few days won`t be there. The ridge will finish its translation back to its normal position west of us during the day on Sunday, putting us in the familiar zone with weak northwest flow aloft. A frontal boundary/surface trough looks like it will be set up in southern Kansas. Storms and cloud cover are probable along it, but to its south in our area we will likely see a low-level thermal ridge and some hot temperatures (potentially near 100 in northern Oklahoma). Meister && .LONG TERM... (Monday through Thursday) Issued at 239 AM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 The subtropical ridge is forecast to retreat to the southwestern US early next week, placing our area in weak northwest flow aloft. This will allow for a weak front to push southward into the area which will serve as a focus for more widespread convective coverage Monday into Tuesday. Severe risk will continue to be generally low owing to weak wind shear, but with plenty of instability and a front in the area, Monday may offer a relatively greater risk for a few strong to severe storms compared to the days preceding it. At least isolated rain/storm chances then look to continue through much of next week for at least parts of the area, with highs generally remaining in the low 90s. Ware && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 442 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025 Localized convective impacts will remain possible through early evening at the south and southeastern terminals...from roughly KOUN to KDUA to KSPS. The atmosphere will remain quite moist through the period as a deep sub-tropical moisture plume lingers over the region, and there are some signals for localized fog by sunrise. The probability of visibility restrictions in fog currently seems low, so will not introduce into the TAFs, however convective allowing models do suggest that weak forcing/ascent will produce another round of convection by early Saturday morning that will again impact aviation from KPNC and KSWO south- southwestward toward KLAW and KSPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 71 91 74 93 / 30 30 10 10 Hobart OK 71 96 73 97 / 20 20 20 10 Wichita Falls TX 74 95 77 97 / 30 10 10 0 Gage OK 69 94 71 97 / 20 10 20 10 Ponca City OK 70 91 72 95 / 40 30 40 20 Durant OK 75 93 76 95 / 30 30 0 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && $$ NEAR TERM...04 SHORT TERM...04 LONG TERM....08 AVIATION...20