Weather Blog: Welcome To Fall!

Yesterday's front is bringing cooler weather across northern Oklahoma.

Early this morning, we'll continue to monitor scattered showers and some thunder, but this precipitation is expected to clear from West to east by midmorning. A few locations may experience some brief locally heavy downpours during the early morning commute.

Afternoon highs today will remain in the lower 70s for many areas with mostly cloudy conditions until later this afternoon. 

The upper airflow will bring another trough near the region Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning bringing a few more spotty showers and a possible thunderstorm for parts of northern and eastern Oklahoma. The eventual outcome of this trough is somewhat uncertain for the latter half of the week.

Most data suggest this system could become cut off from the main upper airflow and linger near northern Oklahoma Thursday through the weekend leading to periods of showers and clouds in the eastern parts of the state. This would result in cooler conditions, with afternoon highs mostly in the lower 70s.

Additionally, there is a potential for a tropical system to develop in the southern Gulf of Mexico early this week. This storm could approach the Florida coastal region as a strong hurricane later in the week. Part of this system could interact with our upper air low near the state and help move the upper low to the westward Friday and Saturday.

Regardless, we maintain probabilities in the forecast for Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, and again for most of the latter half of the week starting Thursday night into Friday, and for part of Saturday.

This morning, temperatures will start in the 60s and are expected to reach the lower 70s by the afternoon with slowly decreasing clouds by afternoon from the West to east.

Tuesday morning will see lows in the 50s, including the Tulsa Metro area, with afternoon highs nearing the upper 70s to lower 80s. Partly sunny conditions are anticipated for most of Tuesday.

Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, there's a chance for showers, with Wednesday morning lows in the mid-50s.

Thursday will begin with mid-50s temperatures, rising to mid-70s, under partly cloudy conditions.

From Thursday evening through the weekend, we’ll continue with probabilities for rain. There's at least a 30% chance of showers by Thursday night, increasing to a 50% chance Friday.

Morning lows will hover in the upper 50s to lower 60s, with daytime highs in the lower 70s. The weekend features lows in the lower 60s and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Shower chances will remain on Saturday, but currently at a 20 to 30% probability. This portion of the forecast may still undergo some changes in subsequent updates. 

Emergency Info: Outages Across Oklahoma:

Northeast Oklahoma has various power companies and electric cooperatives, many of which have overlapping areas of coverage. Below is a link to various outage maps.

PSO Outage Map

OG&E Outage Map

VVEC Outage Map

Indian Electric Cooperative (IEC) Outage Map

Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Outage Map - (Note Several Smaller Co-ops Included)

The Alan Crone morning weather podcast link from Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/0dCHRWMFjs4fEPKLqTLjvy

The Alan Crone morning weather podcast link from Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weather-out-the-door/id1499556141?i=1000670375098

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