HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 518 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
515 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
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THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...FIRE DANGER POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL. HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION. THE BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY FALLING INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE WILL
INCREASE FIRE DANGER SATURDAY. THIS IS ALSO DUE TO THE THE RAPID
CURING OF FINE FUELS IN THE WAKE OF HARD FREEZES OVER NEARLY ALL
OF THE REGION THIS WEEK.
THE SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...INCREASING MOISTURE AND THE
BRINGING THE CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT...DROPPING TEMPERATURES WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER FAR NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA EARLY
TUESDAY AND EXIT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  ONCE AGAIN RAIN MAY
DEVELOP WITH LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WHILE THE BEST CHANCES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF
THE AREA...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH WILL
BY POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WINDS USHERING THE COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
WHILE AT THIS TIME NO MAJOR WINTER STORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE.  EMERGENCY MANAGERS
SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR ANY CHANGES.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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