FXUS64 KOUN 112031
AFDOUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
231 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
.DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASE CAME IN AHEAD OF MODEL'S SCHEDULE THIS
MORNING AND OVERCAST SKIES PERSIST OVER ALL BUT THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW LEADING TO LOW CEILINGS AND
LIKELY SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN. HAVE INCREASED POPS
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AND HAVE
EXPENDED THE AREA WHERE DRIZZLE IS MENTIONED... ALTHOUGH STILL
EXPECT ANY PRECIP TO BE LIGHT. WITH LINGERING CLOUD COVER ON
SATURDAY... WILL KEEP MAXES ON LOW SIDE OF MOS RANGE EXCEPT IN THE
WEST WHERE CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH EARLIER.
EARLY NEXT WEEK... OPERATIONAL GFS HAS GONE BACK TO A WARMER
SOLUTION DESPITE STILL SHOWING SURFACE RIDGE POKING INTO THE AREA
FROM BIG HIGH IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS/CANADIAN PRAIRIES. BELIEVE
THAT A COLD SOLUTION /AS ADVERTISED BY THE ECMWF AND HPC/ MAKES
MORE SENSE AND WILL KEEP THE CURRENT COLD FORECAST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 32 50 38 60 / 0 10 10 10
HOBART OK 31 58 35 62 / 0 10 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 38 60 40 72 / 10 10 0 10
GAGE OK 23 53 27 59 / 0 0 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 27 44 34 56 / 0 10 10 10
DURANT OK 35 48 43 69 / 30 40 10 10
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&
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