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FXUS64 KTSA 210418
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1118 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1106 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
- WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK WITH
DANGEROUS HEAT AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR PERIODICALLY FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, BUT OVERALL DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE.
- FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN A DAILY CONCERN DUE TO DRYING
FUELS AND PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS.
SHORT TERM
(THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1106 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OK, AND WAS
THE SOURCE FOR EARLIER STORM ACTIVITY. THE REFS (A MULTI MEMBER
CONVECTIVE ALLOWING ENSEMBLE) SHOWS A 30-50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA. IT SHOWS ELEVATED STORMS FORMING ALONG A CONVERGENT
850-700 HPA BOUNDARY BENEATH SOME MODESTLY STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD REPRESENTATION GIVEN SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
ALREADY FORMING WITHIN THAT AXIS. WITH THAT SAID, TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE MINIMAL, WITH THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD
BEING LOCALLY GUSTY WIND.
FRIDAY WILL BE ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY. MOST MODELS SHOW TEMPERATURES
AS HOT AS TODAY, BUT WITH SOME CLOUD COVER AROUND NUDGED THE
FORECAST SLIGHTLY BELOW NBM. STILL, ASSUMING DECENT CLEARING
DEVELOPS FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY, TEMPERATURES WILL BE
PUSHING 100 F FOR MANY AREAS, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OK. THE HEAT
ADVISORY WAS EXPANDED SLIGHTLY WITH THIS UPDATE, TO COVER MORE OF
NORTHEAST OK, MAINTAINING THE REST OF THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
CAMS SEEM TO BE INCREASING IN CONFIDENCE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY EVENING, LIKELY WITH PLENTY
OF WIND BUT MINIMAL RAINFALL.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 1106 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
FOR THE NEXT WEEK THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL LARGELY REMAIN LOCKED IN
PLACE, WITH A PERSISTENT STRONG HIGH CENTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES. IT WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES HOT,
WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S. AS THIS IS LARGELY A
CONTINUATION OF THE PATTERN IN PLACE, HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY
BE NEEDED MOST DAYS FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE AREA.
WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, THE CENTER OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED HIGH
WILL REMAIN JUST FAR ENOUGH WEST TO ALLOW FOR MODEST MID LEVEL FLOW
AND SEVERAL TRANSIENT WEAK SHORTWAVES TO PASS THROUGH. THIS WILL
KEEP A PERIODIC RISK OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE AREA FOR
MUCH OF THE NEXT WEEK. THE EXCESSIVELY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL
CONTINUE TO LIMIT RAINFALL POTENTIAL. BEYOND JUST ENHANCING THE
EVAPORATION, THIS IS WHERE EXISTING DROUGHT CAN START TO FEED BACK
ON ITSELF. THE LOWER QUANTITY OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE MAKES IT
SOMEWHAT HARDER FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE RAINFALL, AS CLOUDS MUST BE
LIFTED TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER ALTITUDE TO ACHIEVE SUFFICIENT
SATURATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEEPER BOUNDARY LAYER INCREASES THE
WIND POTENTIAL. A FEW SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS EACH DAY, WHICH WILL OCCUR OFF AND ON INTO AT LEAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 640 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
PERIODS OF FEW TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD ACROSS THE CWA, WITH POTENTIAL FOR FEW/SCATTERED MID CLOUDS
FRIDAY. SHOWER/STORM POTENTIALS REMAIN FOR LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA FRIDAY
MORNING. THUS, WILL CONTINUE PROB30 GROUPS FOR GENERAL TIMING OF
GREATER POTENTIAL. ADDITIONAL STORM POTENTIALS EXIST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, THOUGH AT THIS TIME THE GREATER
POTENTIAL COULD BE SOUTH OF KMLC. WINDS THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY
ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE LIGHT/VARIABLE FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD.
OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION, VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
THE PERIOD.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TUL 74 101 75 98 / 30 20 30 20
FSM 76 103 76 100 / 20 20 30 30
MLC 75 104 76 103 / 20 20 30 30
BVO 69 100 69 97 / 30 10 20 10
FYV 70 99 71 96 / 20 20 20 30
BYV 69 96 71 94 / 10 0 10 20
MKO 73 100 73 98 / 30 20 30 20
MIO 70 99 71 95 / 20 20 20 20
F10 73 102 73 101 / 30 30 30 30
HHW 76 103 76 102 / 20 10 30 30
TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-053-
055>057-059>062-064>068-070-071-073>075-172-176-272-276-354-
376.
AR...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR ARZ129-219-220-
229.
SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....06
AVIATION...20
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