Below Freezing Temperatures Return To Oklahoma This Weekend

Leave it to Oklahoma to have per week of 70 levels temperatures, excessive winds, mud storms and now under freezing temperatures to cap all of it off.

We began out this week with the lows within the higher 30s and highs within the low 60s. Today (Feb. 15) is the warmest day of the week with the excessive at 71 levels. But the distinction is that tonight’s low is 26 levels as a consequence of a chilly entrance that is presupposed to make its manner by means of Oklahoma.

Cold entrance will convey again excessive winds to Southwest Oklahoma.

Yesterday (Feb. 14), Oklahoma noticed wind gusts starting from 30 mph to 80 mph within the panhandle. It seems to be like this chilly entrance will come by means of sturdy, however not something just like the excessive winds we skilled yesterday. We noticed a whole lot of wind harm in Southwest Oklahoma, together with some wildfire harm!

A carport blew into a house in Lawton, Oklahoma.

We noticed grassfires on HWY 277 and HWY 49.

Even powerlines had bother standing as much as the excessive winds. And 1000’s throughout Oklahoma skilled power outages.

And, in fact, with excessive winds and dry climate, Oklahoma gave us a day of mud storms. The worst was within the Oklahoma panhandle the place they skilled close to blackout circumstances.

Now Oklahoma climate is taking us again to winter for the weekend.

As the chilly entrance strikes by means of this night and brings again freezing temperatures, areas in Northwest Oklahoma might even see a wintry combine, together with snow, and Southeast Oklahoma could also be getting some extreme storms.

According to AccuWeather, Lawton, Oklahoma, will expertise lows within the decrease 20s and highs close to the decrease 50s Thursday by means of Saturday. Our comfy 70 diploma climate will return Sunday! I do not learn about you, however it’s beginning to really feel like an Oklahoma spring. I anticipate we’ll begin seeing storm spotters rolling across the plains earlier than too lengthy.

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