Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
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763 FXUS64 KOUN 111635 AFDOUN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1135 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024 ...New AVIATION... .UPDATE... Issued at 1014 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024 Isolated, elevated showers will continue for a few more hours across parts of the fa this morning. With heating this afternoon, some isolated shower/storm development will be possible. There are very low chances of this across the fa but a slightly better (15-20%) chance across the central third of the fa, generally along and north and south of I-40. Gusty winds and heavy downpours will be possible with the stronger storms. Otherwise, partly sunny and hot today with highs in the mid 90s to around 100. && .SHORT TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 322 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024 Models in good agreement with the mid-level shortwave currently rotating through the ridge just lee of the Colorado/New Mexico Rockies to retrograde and dig into the Southern Plains as an open trough. Models also in good agreement with strong mid-level ascent in the trough as seen in the Omega fields at 700 mb and strong mixing off the surface by late afternoon with some models projecting low-end moderate surface based instability for a potential of convection developing. Although synoptic scale deterministic models as well as NBM stay dry for any QPF, nearly all the CAMs are in good agreement for some isolated convection developing between the latter half of this morning and through the afternoon across a swath of all of central Oklahoma including southwest Oklahoma by mid afternoon. A few caveats though as mid-level moisture may not be sufficient and uncertainty of afternoon heating/mixing breaking or holding the weak cap? As a result, will keep the POPs very low (15%). Any storms that do pulse up would be weak, short-lived and isolated, and very weak shear would deter any kind of severe organization. Otherwise, our heating trend persists today as south winds will start increasing this afternoon. Temperatures are expected to rise above climatically normal with highs in the mid to upper 90s expected. Southcentral through southeast Oklahoma may feel a bit muggy with upper 60s to lower 70s dewpoints while the rest of our area not as muggy. && .LONG TERM... (Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 322 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024 Upper ridge of high pressure continues to build over the Western U.S. extending to the Central and Southern Plains as pressure heights will continue to rise each day as we get hotter, and that ridge expected to build over the entire southern half of the country by early next week. South winds may start getting a bit breezy by Friday into the next week enhanced by low-level jet firing up every night. Did increase the windspeeds slightly higher in the forecast for Friday and Saturday afternoons using the NBM 90th percentile winds. Northern and all of western Oklahoma through western north Texas could start seeing triple digit highs of 100-102 degrees by Friday expanding into parts of central through southeast Oklahoma. As far as moisture fields, the ECMWF continues to be the most aggressive with the low-level gulf moisture transport up through the Mississippi Delta Region keeping dewpoints a couple of degrees higher across southeast Oklahoma although in fairly good agreement across the remainder of our CWA. NBM is even more aggressive than the ECMWF with lower 70s dewpoint across southeast Oklahoma although in fairly good consistency with the other two models. Based on the NBM, portions of the eastern half of our CWA could see heat index value at or exceeding 105 degrees on Sunday through Wednesday. Still not seeing any excessive heating but can`t rule out a few heat advisories. As far as rain/storms, the latter half of next week could be wet at times beginning Tuesday night as models this far out suggest an inverted trough may come up from western Texas with another system moving across the Upper Midwest Region possibly pushing a backdoor cool front through our area late in the week. Although still far out, we could finally see a break in our short heatwave around Thursday with temperatures returning to more seasonably average (lower to mid 90s). && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1132 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2024 Some mid and high clouds will lead to VFR ceilings this TAF period. Isolated showers/storms could develop later this afternoon and early evening but chances are too low for mention in any of the TAFs. Gusty, variable winds will be possible near the stronger storms. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 95 73 96 73 / 20 20 0 0 Hobart OK 99 71 99 72 / 20 20 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 98 74 99 73 / 10 10 0 0 Gage OK 99 69 101 72 / 10 10 0 0 Ponca City OK 99 71 100 74 / 20 20 0 0 Durant OK 96 73 97 73 / 20 20 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...25 LONG TERM....68 AVIATION...25