UPDATE: Severe Weather Continues Through Thursday

Storms were slow to fire today but finally have across western and eastern Oklahoma.  These storms are slowly pushing eastward and contain large hail with damaging winds.  As the storms move eastward, they will slowly begin to weaken and eventually die out.  However, the storms are still packing a punch at this hour.  Even the threat for some small hail and damaging winds will remain with the weaker storms.

Risk of Severe Storms Tuesday Through Thursday

Following last week's severe weather, we do not get much of a break before facing another chance for severe thunderstorms tomorrow through Thursday.  The main focus for thunderstorm development and the risk for severe storms shifts each day, with southwestern Oklahoma being the primary focus zone on Tuesday, western/north central Oklahoma on Wednesday, and central/eastern Oklahoma on Thursday.  Please be prepared. 

Enhanced Risk of Severe Storms Wednesday

It's springtime in Oklahoma!  Following a few strong storms in eastern Oklahoma today as the result of a weak cold front, a much stronger cold front resulting from an upper-level trough will move through the state Wednesday.  With a capping inversion weakening throughout the day and sufficient surface heating, moisture, and low-level shear, the atmosphere ahead of the cold front will be unstable and favorable for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms.  As this will be our first widespread occurrence of severe weather this year, we encourage you to take necessary precautions.

Pattern Change Ahead!

We hope you survived what is the last round of wintry precipitation for at least the next couple of weeks and what is likely the last round of widespread wintry precipitation until next season.  Of course, anyone who travelled into the state today may question if Oklahoma received any snow at all as most if not all the snow that fell Wednesday has already melted due to sunny skies and temperatures that were well-above freezing this afternoon.  Even if some spots on the ground still have snow on them after today, you won't have to wait too long in the future until all the snow is completely gone and winter becomes a distant memory.  A pattern shift will occur in the coming days that brings an upper-level high from the Pacific and allows it to set up over the western and central United States.  This will lead to precipitation-free, above-average temperatures beginning next week. 

Winter's Last Stand!

 

With moisture still in place and much colder air arriving as the result of a cold front, another round for wintry weather is expected beginning later this evening and lasting through Wednesday.  This will (hopefully) be winter's last stand.  Long-range models are showing normal to above-normal temperatures and normal to below-normal precipitation for at least the next couple of weeks beginning this weekend.  We can do this!  Together, we can survive winter's final battle!

Meteorological Winter: The Results are in!

With a lull in precipitation, we thought we'd take the time to give you the results of the 2014-2015 winter season.  Alright yes, the spring equinox is not for another three weeks, and with snow still on the ground how could we even be thinking about spring?  But we meteorologists like to be different and define winter from December 1 through February 28 (or 29 during a leap year).  So now that we're officially into March, we will share some results about this past winter.  Some of them may even shock you.  All data comes from the National Weather Service.