Oklahoma to see cold temperatures, possible freezing rain

Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Norman mentioned Friday that temperatures will plummet this weekend throughout Oklahoma and that they’re retaining watch as different storm programs method the state.

While every storm doubtlessly may convey badly wanted moisture to the state, forecasts for frigid temperatures shut to the bottom means that moisture may arrive as freezing rain.

Forrest Mitchell, observations program chief on the National Weather Service in Norman, mentioned Oklahomans can count on heat and breezy climate on Saturday earlier than an artic entrance sweeps throughout the state in a single day.

“We should be around 60 degrees Saturday, but just barely above freezing on Sunday. The important thing is, we expect temperatures will stay at or below freezing until Wednesday afternoon while these other systems come through.”

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Mitchell mentioned the primary of these different disturbances will transfer throughout Oklahoma on Monday night time. A second is predicted Tuesday, whereas a 3rd may cross the state Thursday.

Mitchell mentioned laptop fashions provided uncertainties about what Oklahomans can count on to see with subsequent week’s storms.

“Right now, probabilities for precipitation are not that high — 30 to 40% — but what falls will be freezing rain, once it nears the ground,” he mentioned.

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He mentioned Friday’s fashions predicted ice accumulations via Tuesday would not exceed a tenth of an inch throughout the Oklahoma City space — sufficient to make navigating overpasses and bridges difficult for motorists, however not sufficient to trigger widespread energy outages.

Mitchell mentioned Oklahomans want to concentrate because the storms edge nearer.

“As we get closer to next week, especially once the systems are on shore where we can take direct measurements using weather balloons to carry instruments into the storms, then we can better forecast how much ice there will be.”