Severe Weather Likely This Week

Severe weather will return to the State on Wednesday and especially this upcoming weekend.
Main impacts:
Hail
Wind
Heavy Rain
Tornadoes

Stay Tuned!

Rainy end to the Weekend...

After a beautiful start to our weekend, Sunday ended up wet and really cool with high only hitting the low 50's across much of the state. Southeastern Oklahoma recieved up to an inch of rainfall which is welcome with the current drought we are in. Oklahoma City averaged about half an inch and rainfall totals continue to decrease the further west and northwest you go, unfortunately that's where our driest counties are located. Here is the current drought graphic:

 

Another wave of light to moderate rainfall will develop and move through the area Monday mid-day as the remainder of the storm system passes. Monday will be a cool and cloudy day. Wednesday we will return to highs in the 80's!

 

 

7-day forecast:

 

 



Severe Weather Likely Wednesday

Storms likely Wednesday evening with the possibility of very large hail, high winds and possible tornadoes. Prepare now!

Cooler weather, then warm up!

The next couple of days expect highs below normal with the afternoon temps topping off in the mid 50's. There is a chance of a shower or two for today, Sunday and Monday but chances are very low and no major precipitation chances for the next 7 days. By mid week next week highs will bounce back into the mid to upper 70's and the winds will pick up as well, which unfortunately means extremely high fire danger.

Here is the drought graphic, extremely dry conditions:

Here is what the next 7days look like:

 

The Chances of rain on Wednesday and Thursday look very low and the precipitation looks very light at this time. Stay tuned!

-Kyle

Is Winter Over?

     The past couple of weeks have been pretty warm after a very cold and snowy start to the month of February. The high fire danger will continue to remain extremely high until we get some sort of beneficial precipitation. However, this is not unusual to the Oklahoma, January and February are in fact our driest months of the year. So what does that mean for winter weather?

     It is not uncommon for Oklahoma to get significant snow events in the month of March, so putting the coats back in the closet for the season may be a bad idea. The last day of February and the first couple of days of March look extremely cold and could have some accumulating snowfall. 

     Towards the end of March into April is when we change seasons, where we welcome our tornado season. Oklahoma sees its most tornados in the months April, May and early June and then there's another peak in tornadoes in September. 

     Right now we need to take it one step at a time and focus at what is approaching us in the near future. This weekend looks great with temperatures in the 60's and 70's but next week winter returns with highs in the 30's and 40's and by weeks end snowfall is possible.