Warmer This Weekend, Some Rain Possible

Following a powerful cold front, brining a large swath of winter weather and spotty severe weather across the state on Wednesday and Thursday, skies have cleared, and temperatures are slowly beginning to rebound. We encourage you to check out the summary of this event, provided by the National Weather Service local forecasting office in Norman, by clicking HERE. For this weekend, expect much warmer conditions, especially on Sunday, with spotty showers developing tonight into Saturday morning. On Sunday, skies will be mostly sunny, with strong southerly winds fueling very warm highs.

For tonight, we’ll have the slight chance of showers and thunderstorms extend from western to central Oklahoma, with the greatest chances in extreme northwest Oklahoma. Otherwise, skies will be partly cloudy. Lows will be in the 40s all across the state, with the low-to-mid-40s in the panhandle and northeast and the upper-to-mid-40s elsewhere.

On Saturday, we may see some morning fog in the panhandle. We have a chance for showers in the northern half of the state, with greater chances farther north. Should showers develop, they will mainly be in the morning and early afternoon hours but could persist through the evening in northeast Oklahoma. Areas that do not see showers will enjoy partly cloudy skies on Saturday. Highs will be more spring-like, with 70s across most of the state. Highs will only top out in the mid-to-upper-60s in the northeast.

For Saturday night, we’ll have lows in the upper-40s to low-50s across the state. Skies will be mostly clear to partly cloudy. On Sunday, under sunny skies, high temperatures will soar, especially across the central and western part of Oklahoma. We’ll have the mid-to-upper-80s in far western Oklahoma, with low-90s possible in the far southwest. In central Oklahoma, highs will reach the upper-70s to low-80s. In the east, highs will reach the mid-to-upper-70s. Strong southerly winds will fuel the warm highs, so be prepared. We’ll have sustained speeds from 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sources: NWS, HOOT, Mesonet