485
FXUS64 KOUN 280608
AFDOUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
108 AM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
..NEW NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 100 AM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
- FOG AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.
- STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY AND BLUSTERY COLD TUESDAY NIGHT DUE
TO WIND CHILLS.
- COLDEST NIGHT ON WEDNESDAY WITH AREAS OF WIDESPREAD FROST
POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING.
- NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA COULD SEE ITS FIRST FREEZE OF
THE SEASON ON THURSDAY MORNING.
NEAR TERM
(THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 100 AM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
TUESDAY WILL BE WINDY AND TURNING COOLER INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH
RAIN CHANCES AND A FEW STRONG STORMS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND
BLUSTERY COLD OVERNIGHT.
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN & CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL BE
DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS UPPER WAVE WILL BE PUSHING A
STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND ACROSS OUR ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THE
MORNING. RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT FALLING INTO A
WELL SATURATED AND STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER. COLD AIR COMING THROUGH
THE TROUGH EXPECTED TO STEEPEN MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES RESULTING IN
MUCAPE VALUES UP TO 1000 J/KG WITHIN A STRONG SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
COULD ALSO INITIATE A CLUSTER OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
WHILE D-CAPE VALUES COULD SUPPORT STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE
DOWNDRAFTS. OVERALL ANY CONVECTION THIS MORNING COULD BE STRONG BUT
NOT A SEVERE RISK. ISENTROPIC ASCENT COULD PRODUCE SOME LIGHT
DRIZZLE TO PATCHY FOG AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE VERY SATURATED
BOUNDARY LAYER. IT WILL BE WINDY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AT 20-25 MPH
SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. BY LATE MORNING A NORTHERLY LOW-
LEVEL JET INCREASES WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON.
DIURNAL HEATING COULD ENHANCE ANY DYNAMIC MIXING OFF THE SURFACE
INTO THE LOW-LEVEL JET AT LEAST TO 925 MB ALTHOUGH SOME FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST NEAR 850 MB. AS A RESULT OF MIXING COULD SEE WIND
GUSTS IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL START DROPPING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FROM
THIS CANADIAN-BASED AIR MASS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA WILL BE FALLING IN THE 50S WITH THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA IN THE 60S. THE UPPER TROUGHS AXIS SHOULD
BE TO OUR EAST BY THIS EVENING WITH COLD DRY AIR CONTINUING TO SURGE
FROM THE NORTH.
SHORT TERM
(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 100 AM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
COLDER AND WINDY UNDER THE TROUGH ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH MOST
OF OUR AREA SHOULD SEE MEASURED LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S, GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 20S ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO THE 30S ACROSS THE REST OF OUR AREA AS IT WILL
FEEL MUCH COLDER. BREEZY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDSPEEDS AT
15-20 MPH WHICH COULD MIX HIGH ENOUGH FOR 20-30 MPH GUSTS.
WEDNESDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING EVEN WINDIER DUE TO A TIGHTER
PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH MOSTLY SUNNY AFTERNOON SKIES AND HIGHER
MIXING (850 MB) INTO A STRONGER NORTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW. AS A
RESULT COULD SEE WIND GUSTS EXCEED 40 MPH PERHAPS IN THE 40-50 MPH
RANGE MEETING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. DID GO SLIGHTLY STRONGER THAN
NBM FOR AFTERNOON WINDS USING THE CONSRAW GUIDANCE NUDGED 60%.
NORTHERLY WINDS LIGHTEN UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES SETTING
UP OUR AREA FOR A NIGHT OF STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING. TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL PLUNGE INTO THE 30S ACROSS ALL BUT SLIGHTLY
WARMER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO COLDER UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA. MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA EXTENDING INTO
ADJACENT WESTERN NORTH TEXAS COULD SEE THEIR FIRST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON ON THURSDAY MORNING. RECOVERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON
THURSDAY MORNING MAY ALSO BE HIGH ENOUGH (ALONG WITH OTHER
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS MET) FOR THE FORMATION OF FROST ON GRASSY
SURFACES. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON THURSDAY KEEPING WINDS LIGHT
& VARIABLE BECOMING SLIGHTLY WARMER IN THE DAY ON THE EASTERN
PERIPHERY OF A WEAK BUILDING RIDGE. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL WARM INTO
THE 60S ALTHOUGH ANOTHER COLD NIGHT WITH STRONG RADIATIONAL
COOLING.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 100 AM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
TEMPERATURES RETURNING CLOSER TO NORMAL ON FRIDAY. A LONGER WAVE
TROUGH ORIGINATING FROM THE U.S. GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BE DIGGING
THROUGH OUR AREA ON SATURDAY PUSHING A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
THROUGH WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING ONLY A FEW DEGREES WITH HIGHS IN
THE 60S. MODELS DIVERGE FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ALTHOUGH HINT THAT
PRESSURE HEIGHTS WILL RISE DUE TO UPPER RIDGING BUILDING ACROSS THE
SOUTHWESTERN U.S. RESULTING IN A WARMING TREND WITH MILD YET ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES STARTING SUNDAY.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1032 PM CDT MON OCT 27 2025
IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT, CEILINGS
ELSEWHERE ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER FROM MVFR TO IFR WITH AN INCREASE
CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AND PERHAPS SHOWERS. CLOUDS MAY TAKE LONGER TO
DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS.
LIFT FROM AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO RESULT
IN A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
MAINLY IMPACT OKC/OUN TERMINALS. OTHERWISE, A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL SHIFT SURFACE WIND TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 30-35 KNOTS
BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ALSO IMPROVE VISIBILITY WITH
CEILINGS LIFTING TO VFR CONDITIONS A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 61 43 54 36 / 50 0 0 0
HOBART OK 64 42 59 33 / 10 0 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 68 45 62 36 / 10 0 0 0
GAGE OK 58 36 55 28 / 10 0 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 60 43 54 36 / 70 10 0 0
DURANT OK 70 46 58 42 / 50 0 0 0
OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
NEAR TERM...68
SHORT TERM...68
LONG TERM....68
AVIATION...06
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page