Cold Front Progress Report at Midday

February 16, 2006, 12:00 pm
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Winter Weather
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At midday, the cold front had pushed into Northern Oklahoma and across Central Missouri.

There will be huge contrasts in temperature as this front fights it way southward.

Now freezing rain in Kasnas City but a mild 67 at Spirit of St. Louis Airport

In Oklahoma, below freezing in the Panhandle but a springlike 76 in Lawton.

Oklahoma City, in the middle, has experenced frontal passage and now down to 44

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Posted by   www
on February 16, 2006, 12:29 pm
Lawton is only 100 miles SW of OKC, so a very quick drop in temps.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 12:44 pm
Noon temperarture in Ardmore, Okla., now up to 81. Do you miss that wind and snow, Vic?

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Posted by   www
on February 16, 2006, 3:54 pm
I miss the snow; can't really say I miss that wind though. My Air Force parka was used a lot in the winter.

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Posted by Greg  
on February 16, 2006, 1:30 pm
JB,
Do we expect any kind of severe weather from
this??

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 1:42 pm
Does anyone really think we will see this in Central AL??????

From the NWS for Shelby Co. at 12:01 pm today.....

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

CONFIDENCE IS STARTING TO INCREASE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY
WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A CHANCE OF
ACCUMULATING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE CITIES OF ALICEVILLE...TUSCALOOSA...
COLUMBIANA...SYLACAUGA...AND WEDOWEE. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS IN
THE NORTHWEST...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAMILTON...HALEYVILLE...
DOUBLE SPRINGS...VERNON...FAYETTE...AND JASPER.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANGE TO SHARPLY COLDER WEATHER TO
THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA ON FRIDAY...AND THAT COLD AIRMASS IS
EXPECTED TO PRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA OVER THE
WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IS FORECAST TO CAUSE
SEVERAL AREAS OF RAIN TO DEVELOP AND PASS ACROSS ALABAMA OVER THE
WEEKEND AS WELL. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE RAIN MAY FREEZE
AS IT FALLS INTO THE COLD AIR NEAR THE GROUND.

LATEST COMPUTER MODEL TRENDS SUGGEST THAT CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST
HAS INCREASED A BIT. HOWEVER...THERE STILL REMAINS QUITE A BIT OF
UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS THREAT...ESPECIALLY TRYING TO PIN DOWN DETAILS
SUCH AS THE TEMPERATURES AND THE TIMING OF RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.


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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 1:44 pm
Lawton is 87 miles from Oklahoma City.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 1:58 pm
Temperature in Tulsa was 62 last hour. It is down to 54 right now.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 2:19 pm
Update, it is now down to 50 in Tulsa.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 3:00 pm
Well as far as ice here I think we need to wait untill tomrrow to see what the new data says. I know we will have new data in tonight I meant to say tonight. But I still think we will have a better idea tomrrow on what it might do down here.

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Posted by coppertop  
on February 16, 2006, 3:45 pm
Are we going overboard by tracking the temperature change city by city as the front moves from State to State?



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Posted by   www
on February 16, 2006, 3:56 pm
Argus is a native of Tulsa. He gets a little excited everytime he sees the word. :)

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 4:42 pm
Actually, I have ForecastFox on my browser which tracks the temperature in Tulsa. Right now it is 43.

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Posted by  
on February 16, 2006, 5:04 pm
Seems like the temperature is not going down that fast in Tulsa. So it makes me wonder if we will see any ice here I hope not.

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