The National Weather Service in predicting a little bit of everything for North Central Oklahoma this weekend. Freezing Rain and Drizzle, snow, and even thunderstorms are possible over the next 48 hours.
From the National Weather Service:
…ICE AND SNOW POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND…
A STORM SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP TODAY IN PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING…
THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS MORNING. NO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.
THE CHANCE OF RAIN… AND FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS… WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY TONIGHT AS AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM… NOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES… MOVES
EAST. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT BEGINNING IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA… SPREADING EAST ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS ON SATURDAY. COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING IN SOME PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY SATURDAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON SOME EXPOSED SURFACES. HOWEVER… A LAYER OF DEEP WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE AREA ABOVE THE COLDER SURFACE AIR. THIS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN RELATIVELY WARM RAIN FALLING INTO THE COLD AIR NEAR THE GROUND. THIS MEANS THAT EVEN IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST BELOW FREEZING… NOT ALL OF THE RAIN WILL FREEZE UPON IMPACT AND MUCH OF IT WILL RUN OFF BEFORE FREEZING. THIS WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF GLAZE THAT MAY ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES.
ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN ALL AREAS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BUT AS THE CORE OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER
THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT… COOLING ALOFT MAY RESULT IN RAIN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO WET SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ACCUMULATING WET SNOW…
ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA… AND ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE HEAVY IN SOME AREAS.
And the Forecast:
Tonight: A slight chance of rain or freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Northeast wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Occasional rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 45. East wind 8 to 11 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Saturday Night: Occasional rain and snow. Low around 38. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Sunday: Rain and snow likely before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North northwest wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 19 and 22 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Presidents’ Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
