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000 FXUS64 KOUN 270450 AFDOUN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1050 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009 .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS... CONTINUED VFR. CIRRUS AHEAD OF THE BROAD UPPER LOW OVER BAJA AREA WILL THICKEN AS IT SPREADS N/NE BUT IT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY BELOW ABOUT 300 MB. S-SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 812 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009/ UPDATE... HIGH CLOUDS WILL AFFECT SW PORTIONS OF FA TONIGHT SO HAVE UPDATED SKY COVER. ALSO ADJUSTED HOURLY GRIDS TO CURRENT TRENDS. WILL SEND UPDATES SHORTLY. MAXWELL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 511 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009/ AVIATION... 00Z TAFS...VFR WITH A GENERAL GRADUAL INCREASE IN CIRRUS. INCREASING S-SW WINDS ON FRIDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009/ DISCUSSION... ANOTHER FEW MILD DAYS AHEAD BEFORE MORE SEASONAL OR BELOW SEASONAL TEMPS RETURN... AND PERHAPS A FEW SNOWFLAKES IN THE NORTHWEST. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY WILL SPLIT WITH ONE PART MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH THE OTHER STRONGER PART DIVING SOUTH AND CLOSING OFF OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS THIS OCCURS LEE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN... INCREASING SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE THE NEED TO ISSUE ANY FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 70S WITH AFTN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE WEST FRI AFTN. WILL CONT TO MENTION HIGHER FIRE CONCERNS IN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK" onClick="return popup(this, 'notes')">OUTLOOK. COLD FRONT APPROACHES NORTHWEST OK SAT AFTN AND WILL SEE ANOTHER VERY MILD DAY ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. AGAIN WINDS WILL BE UP... BUT INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HUMIDITIES HIGHER. COLD FRONT PUSHES ON SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH PRECIP CHANCES INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. STILL A QUESTION AS TO HOW COLD THE COLUMN WILL BECOME SUNDAY... BUT WILL MAINTAIN RAIN/SNOW POSSIBILITY ACROSS NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY AND SLIDE THIS FARTHER SOUTHEAST SUN NIGHT. DRIER AIR WILL BRING PRECIP CHANCES TO AN END MOST PLACES EARLY ON MONDAY WITH PERHAPS A CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. OTHERWISE MOST LOCALES WILL NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE 40S MONDAY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BEGIN TO BRING THE CLOSED LOW TO OUR SOUTHWEST TOWARD NORTH TEXAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW MORE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THEN MAIN STORY WILL BE CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 34 71 44 67 / 0 0 0 10 HOBART OK 33 69 41 68 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 37 73 48 74 / 0 0 10 10 GAGE OK 27 71 34 64 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 30 69 43 65 / 0 0 0 10 DURANT OK 38 70 48 68 / 0 0 0 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && $$ 25/24/01