000 AWUS84 KOUN 080159 RWSOUN OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-080400- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 800 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2009 THIS AFTERNOON... THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA HAD SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS... AND BECAME MOSTLY SUNNY BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS STAYED SUNNY. HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN COAST CONTINUED TO BRING IN UNSEASONABLY WARM GULF AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... AS TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THE REGION WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION REMAINED TIGHT AGAIN... WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH... AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. AT 8 PM... THE SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE REGION. THE TEMPERATURES HAD SO FAR FALLEN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S. THE WINDS HAD SHIFTED SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... AND WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SOUTH WINDS PERSISTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA... WITH WIND SPEEDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH. $$