478  
FXUS64 KOUN 281912  
AFDOUN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
212 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
   
..NEW NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 203 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
- STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
- COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEK,  
WARMING CLOSER TO AVERAGE THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM
 
 
(REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 203 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX (MCV) CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY, WHICH IS HELPING TO  
BOLSTER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND  
FAR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. AS THIS MCV MOVES TOWARDS THE EAST,  
EXPECT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON  
HOURS.  
 
A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST  
OKLAHOMA FROM THE HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY  
WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO  
THE MORNING HOURS. ELEVATED INSTABILITY OF UP TO 2000 J/KG AND A  
STRONG (~40 KT) LOW-LEVEL JET WILL HELP TO AT LEAST SUSTAIN THE  
CONVECTION THROUGH A MAJORITY OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST CORES  
WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE  
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A VERY LOW TORNADO RISK WILL EXIST,  
MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE AREA, WHERE THE  
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE STRONGEST. AS STORMS MOVE TOWARDS  
THE SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN.  
 
BUNKER  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 203 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
ANY REMNANT CONVECTION THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE  
TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE  
AREA DURING THE DAY. HIGHS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE COOLER,  
GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR  
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA,  
BUT WILL DEPEND ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRONT.  
 
FRIDAY APPEARS TO OFFER A BREAK FROM STORM CHANCES AS SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA AND MOISTURE GETS DISPLACED TO  
THE SOUTH BY THE FRONT. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S WITH  
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS, MAKING FOR AN  
OVERALL BEAUTIFUL DAY.  
 
BUNKER  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 312 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
STORM CHANCES THIS WEEKEND ARE UNCERTAIN AS MODELS DIVERGE ON THE  
STRENGTH/TIMING OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW  
ALOFT. BUT A GENERAL INCREASE IN INSTABILITY ALONG WITH UPSLOPE  
FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS COULD LEAD TO STORM CHANCES FOR AT  
LEAST PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND/OR SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
FLOW ALOFT IS FORECAST TO BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY EARLY TO MIDDLE OF  
NEXT WEEK AS WESTERN US TROUGHING DEVELOPS. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A  
SHARPENING DRYLINE AND ADDITIONAL STORM CHANCES FOR PARTS OF THE  
AREA, WITH AN ATTENDANT UPTICK IN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.  
 
WARE  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1140 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
CLOUDS AND SHOWERS/STORMS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE ACROSS WESTERN  
NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. STILL MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND  
PRECIPITATION EAST OF AN MCV THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BETTER CHANCES  
SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF SPS. OTHER SHOWERS/STORMS ARE SKIRTING  
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA, BUT MOST OF THIS MAY WEAKEN AND OR STAY  
NORTH OF WWR. OTHERWISE, MVFR TO VFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED THIS  
AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS COMPLEX WILL  
BRING DECENT CHANCES OF RAIN/STORMS TO AT LEAST THE NORTHERN HALF  
OF OKLAHOMA THROUGH 12Z. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH STORMS  
PERHAPS IFR. A NORTHERLY WIND IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE  
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 63 72 55 78 / 60 40 10 0  
HOBART OK 60 74 54 79 / 60 30 10 0  
WICHITA FALLS TX 62 79 59 79 / 20 30 30 10  
GAGE OK 54 70 49 79 / 80 10 10 0  
PONCA CITY OK 59 71 51 78 / 80 30 0 0  
DURANT OK 65 81 59 79 / 10 40 30 0  
 

 
   
OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OK...NONE.  
TX...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
NEAR TERM...13  
SHORT TERM...13  
LONG TERM....08  
AVIATION...06  
 
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