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FXUS64 KOUN 010702
AFDOUN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
202 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..NEW NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 159 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
- SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND BEFORE RETURNING TO ABOVE-
AVERAGE NEXT WEEK.
- DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY; A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS EXISTS OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATE TUESDAY.
NEAR TERM
(THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 159 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE EXTREME HEAT OBSERVED YESTERDAY IS GONE (FOR NOW).. JUST IN TIME
FOR THE WEEKEND.
NORTH WINDS AT 15 MPH GUSTING TO 20 MPH, SUNNY SKIES, AND A DECREASE
IN AIR TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN MORE
PLEASANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AS A 1015MB SURFACE HIGH EXPANDS
OVER THE PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 90'S (NORTH-
CENTRAL TO EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA) TO THE UPPER 90'S (SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS).
THOMPSON
SHORT TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 159 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE HIGH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SYNOPTIC FEATURE
TO INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER THIS WEEKEND AS THE UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY
STARTS SHIFTING EASTWARD ONCE AGAIN FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE ZERO THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND TEMPERATURES
COOL INTO THE 60'S AND LOW 70'S. TEMPERATURE-WISE, SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILAR
TO SATURDAY, WITH HIGHS RISING A DEGREE OR TWO. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE
DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND BEGIN TO VEER AS THE SURFACE HIGH BEGINS
TO SHIFT EASTWARD.
BY MID-DAY ON MONDAY, WINDS RETURN TO THE SOUTH WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURES (ABOVE 100 DEGREES) ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT NORTH TEXAS.
THOMPSON
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 153 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
HOT AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATE TUESDAY. DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY
INCREASE WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 BECOMING MORE COMMON BY END OF NEXT
WEEK.
THOMPSON
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1027 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
NORTH WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE
PERIOD WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTIER FROM MID MORNING TO LATE
AFTERNOON SATURDAY. OTHER THAN SOME CIRRUS OVERNIGHT FROM DECAYING
SHOWER ACTIVITY, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 92 68 93 69 / 0 0 0 0
HOBART OK 97 68 97 71 / 0 0 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 98 70 99 72 / 0 0 0 0
GAGE OK 93 64 97 69 / 0 0 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 90 66 91 68 / 0 0 0 0
DURANT OK 97 70 96 69 / 0 0 0 0
OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
NEAR TERM...01
SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...08
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