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FXUS64 KOUN 051704
AFDOUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1204 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1201 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
- WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- RAIN RETURNS TO THE FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT THRU TUESDAY.
- A COLD FRONT BRINGS COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.
NEAR TERM
(THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
A MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW, SPINNING OVER CENTRAL WYOMING EARLY THIS
MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AN
ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS, AND WILL BE NEAR NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA BY EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE, ANOTHER VERY WARM DAY IS
EXPECTED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. A SOUTHERLY WIND WILL PREVAIL AND WILL BE
A LITTLE GUSTY FROM THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. A
FEW MID-LEVEL CLOUDS MAY FORM THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA, BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO YIELD ANY PRECIPITATION.
SHORT TERM
(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT CLOSER TO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH A BETTER PUSH ACROSS PARTS OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FAIRLY STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET WILL
DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THIS COUPLED WITH MODEST WARM AIR
ADVECTION ABOVE, SHOULD RESULT IN ELEVATED SHOWERS AND STORMS.
COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED AND MAINLY CONFINED TO NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA, SO RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW (20-30%).
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT, A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. THIS SHOULD HELP PUSH
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED
AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO ALONG AND NEAR THE COLD FRONT
AND MAY INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD SHOULD HELP PUSH
THE COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS ON
TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD
GRADUALLY END DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODELS DIFFER ON THE AMOUNT OF
DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES THAT WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA
BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH A
BLENDED APPROACH WHICH ONLY COOLS TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY. NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL SEE TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
ON WEDNESDAY, SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD EAST WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND RETURNING TO
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS BY EARLY THURSDAY. A MID-LEVEL RIDGE
WILL BEGIN TO REBUILD AND AMPLIFY, BUT HOW FAR WEST THIS WILL OCCUR
IS UNCERTAIN. ENSEMBLES FAVOR THE RIDGE AXIS NEAR OF CLOSE TO THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH BRING MORE ABOVE-AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS AT LEAST THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY/SATURDAY. IF THE RIDGE AXIS IS POSITIONED FARTHER WEST, THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRANSITION TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A
CHANCE OF MORE RAIN AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT BY LATE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY AND WARM.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1201 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2025
VFR CONDITIONS THIS TAF PERIOD WITH SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS.
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD.
WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY/GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON BUT SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD BE
BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO FAR NW OK EARLY MONDAY. CURRENT MODELS SHOW
THIS BOUNDARY NOT MOVING INTO KWWR BEFORE 18Z BUT IF FRONT
PROGRESSES FURTHER SOUTH THAN FORECAST WINDS WOULD SHIFT TOWARDS
THE N. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE (20-30%) LATE
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NW OK.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 87 64 87 63 / 0 0 0 10
HOBART OK 89 63 89 61 / 0 0 0 10
WICHITA FALLS TX 89 63 90 64 / 0 0 0 0
GAGE OK 87 63 82 55 / 0 20 20 50
PONCA CITY OK 89 63 88 61 / 0 0 10 20
DURANT OK 87 64 87 66 / 0 0 10 10
OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
NEAR TERM...06
SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....06
AVIATION...25
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