Current weather · Oct 3, 6:59 AM CDT

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59°

Slight chance of light rain showersFeels like 59° · Humidity 96%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Tulsa, OK · grid 112,89
High
74°
Low
59°
Rain today
23%
Sunrise
7:13 AM
Sunset
6:57 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 6 AMSlight chance of light rain showers59°59°58°96%20%E7 mph13 mph72%6%—10 mi2,700 ft
Sat 7 AM59°59°58°96%7%ENE6 mph13 mph70%7%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 8 AM59°59°58°96%7%ENE6 mph12 mph67%7%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 9 AM61°61°59°93%7%E5 mph12 mph65%7%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 10 AM64°64°59°84%8%E5 mph10 mph65%5%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 11 AM66°66°60°81%8%ENE5 mph9 mph63%5%—10 mi1,800 ft
Sat 12 PM68°68°60°76%8%ENE3 mph8 mph61%5%—10 mi1,800 ft
Sat 1 PM70°70°61°73%10%ENE3 mph8 mph77%6%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 2 PM70°70°61°73%10%NE2 mph7 mph83%6%—10 mi2,200 ft
Sat 3 PM71°71°61°71%10%ENE2 mph7 mph86%6%—10 mi2,700 ft
Sat 4 PM71°71°61°71%8%NE2 mph7 mph79%5%—10 mi3,500 ft
Sat 5 PM72°72°61°68%8%NE2 mph6 mph79%5%—10 mi3,500 ft
Sat 6 PM70°70°61°73%8%NE2 mph6 mph80%5%—10 mi3,500 ft
Sat 7 PM69°69°61°76%4%NE2 mph6 mph75%4%—10 mi3,500 ft
Sat 8 PM66°66°63°90%4%ENE1 mph6 mph75%4%—10 mi3,500 ft
Sat 9 PM64°64°63°97%4%ENE2 mph6 mph85%4%—10 mi4,500 ft
Sat 10 PM63°63°63°100%4%ENE2 mph6 mph66%4%—9 mi4,500 ft
Sat 11 PM62°62°62°100%4%ENE1 mph5 mph47%4%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 AM62°62°62°100%4%ENE1 mph5 mph51%4%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 AM61°61°61°100%3%NE1 mph5 mph55%3%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 AM61°61°61°100%3%NE2 mph6 mph60%3%—7 mi2,200 ft
Sun 3 AM61°61°61°100%3%NNE3 mph7 mph52%3%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 AM59°59°59°100%3%NE5 mph8 mph51%3%—8 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 AM59°59°59°100%3%NNE6 mph9 mph49%3%—8 mi-100 ft
Sun 6 AM59°59°59°100%3%NNE6 mph10 mph50%3%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 7 AM58°58°58°100%1%NNE7 mph12 mph39%1%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 AM60°60°59°96%1%NNE8 mph13 mph39%1%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 AM63°63°59°87%1%NNE8 mph15 mph24%1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 AM66°66°59°78%0%NNE9 mph17 mph14%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 AM69°69°58°68%0%NNE10 mph18 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 PM71°71°57°61%0%NNE10 mph17 mph6%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 PM74°74°57°55%0%NNE10 mph17 mph12%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 PM74°74°56°53%0%NNE9 mph16 mph2%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 PM74°74°56°53%0%NNE9 mph16 mph6%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 PM76°76°55°48%0%NNE9 mph16 mph1%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 PM75°75°55°50%0%NNE8 mph15 mph2%——
Sun 6 PM73°73°56°55%0%NNE7 mph12 mph2%——
Sun 7 PM70°70°55°59%0%NNE6 mph10 mph0%——
Sun 8 PM65°65°56°73%0%NNE6 mph12 mph0%——
Sun 9 PM64°64°56°75%0%NNE7 mph14 mph0%——
Sun 10 PM62°62°55°78%0%NNE8 mph15 mph0%——
Sun 11 PM61°61°55°81%0%NNE8 mph15 mph0%——
Mon 12 AM59°59°55°87%0%NNE8 mph15 mph1%——
Mon 1 AM58°58°55°90%0%NNE8 mph15 mph1%——
Mon 2 AM57°57°54°90%0%NNE8 mph15 mph1%——
Mon 3 AM57°57°54°90%0%NNE9 mph15 mph0%——
Mon 4 AM55°55°53°93%0%NNE9 mph15 mph0%——
Mon 5 AM55°55°53°93%0%NNE9 mph15 mph0%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Oct 3, 6:50 AM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodayOct 374°59°Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy23%wind 14 mph · gusts 20 mph
  2. SunOct 476°53°Sunny4%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. MonOct 575°50°Sunny0%wind 9 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. TueOct 676°52°Sunny0%wind 5 mph
  5. WedOct 780°55°Sunny0%wind 2 mph
  6. ThuOct 882°58°Sunny0%wind 3 mph
  7. FriOct 983°60°Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  8. SatOct 1082°62°5%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. SunOct 1182°62°National Blend8%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. MonOct 1279°57°National Blend14%0.06 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  11. TueOct 13~76°58°Model mean0.06 in
  12. WedOct 14~78°63°Model mean0.49 in
  13. ThuOct 15~75°63°Model mean0.05 in
  14. FriOct 16~72°56°Model mean0.53 in
  15. SatOct 17~59°48°Model mean
  16. SunOct 18~51°32°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like59°
  • WindE 7 mphgusts 13 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity96%
  • Dew point58°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise—Moonset 2:52 PM
  • Moon phaseLast quarter53% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodayOct 372°57°NWS grid 74° / 59°rain 12%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. SunOct 476°53°NWS grid 76° / 53°rain 3%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. MonOct 575°50°NWS grid 75° / 50°rain 0%wind 9 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. TueOct 676°52°NWS grid 76° / 52°rain 0%wind 5 mph
  5. WedOct 779°56°NWS grid 80° / 55°rain 0%wind 2 mph
  6. ThuOct 881°58°NWS grid 82° / 58°rain 0%wind 3 mph
  7. FriOct 982°60°NWS grid 83° / 60°rain 0%wind 6 mph
  8. SatOct 1082°62°NWS grid 82° / 62°rain 5%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. SunOct 1182°62°Beyond the NWS gridrain 8%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. MonOct 1279°57°Beyond the NWS gridrain 14%0.06 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  11. TueOct 1375°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%0.03 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
50°68°86°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT · GFS Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT · GEFS Oct 2, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF Oct 2, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF AI Oct 2, 7:00 PM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

50°68°86°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 374° 59°72° 60°72° 61°0.08 in71° 61°0.09 in72° 62°0.08 in~69° 63°0.21 in
Sun Oct 476° 53°76° 62°80° 61°80° 60°74° 62°~76° 63°0.02 in
Mon Oct 575° 50°~62° 61°79° 55°80° 56°73° 57°~75° 56°
Tue Oct 676° 52°—78° 56°80° 54°73° 53°~75° 53°
Wed Oct 780° 55°—81° 58°83° 57°75° 55°~80° 55°
Thu Oct 882° 58°—83° 62°84° 60°77° 60°~82° 60°
Fri Oct 983° 60°—83° 64°83° 62°~78° 59°~81° 59°
Sat Oct 1082° 62°—77° 62°79° 62°0.07 in~79° 61°~78° 61°
Sun Oct 11——69° 60°0.05 in76° 63°0.09 in~80° 62°~70° 65°0.28 in
Mon Oct 12——78° 60°0.19 in76° 62°0.07 in~81° 57°~73° 64°0.02 in
Tue Oct 13——~74° 51°—~80° 61°~76° 62°0.17 in
Wed Oct 14——~82° 63°1.07 in—~80° 62°~74° 65°0.39 in
Thu Oct 15——~73° 61°0.02 in—~80° 64°~72° 64°0.14 in
Fri Oct 16——~72° 54°1.57 in—~83° 65°~62° 49°0.02 in
Sat Oct 17——~46° 38°0.02 in—~70° 65°0.01 in~61° 41°
Sun Oct 18——~51° 32°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Fayetteville/Drake (FYV) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 18, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean50%40%equal chancesequal chances · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayNov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Oct 373° / 50°94° (2024)24° (1952)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1072° / 46°92° (1963)24° (1952)40% chance above normal · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1770° / 45°91° (2024)20° (1952)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2464° / 41°88° (2024)17° (1952)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3163° / 40°84° (1950)11° (1951)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 764° / 37°83° (2023)9° (1950)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1461° / 36°82° (2025)9° (2014)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2156° / 33°78° (1965)6° (1975)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2853° / 31°77° (1949)4° (1976)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 550° / 29°76° (1966)-7° (1950)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1250° / 28°77° (2021)-2° (1985)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1949° / 27°76° (2025)-14° (1963)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2649° / 28°81° (2025)-6° (1983)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayVery goodfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayGoodmostly cloudy
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayGoodlittle sun
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayVery goodhumid
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayVery highwarm
  • TickstodayVery highwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayPoor8:22 PM to 5:49 AM0 of 10None49%10 h6 mph
SundayGood8:20 PM to 5:50 AM10 of 106 h from 8:00 PM39%Poor5 h9 mph
MondayGood8:19 PM to 5:50 AM10 of 107 h from 8:00 PM29%Fair5 mph
TuesdayGood8:17 PM to 5:51 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM20%Fair1 mph
WednesdayExcellent8:16 PM to 5:52 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM12%Good0 mph
ThursdayGood8:14 PM to 5:53 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM6%Fair1 mph
FridayExcellent8:13 PM to 5:54 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM2%Good3 mph
SaturdayExcellent8:12 PM to 5:54 AM5 of 105 h from 8:00 PM0%Good7 mph

The last night runs past the end of the forecast and is rated on the hours it covers.

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat6:47 AM to 6:57 AM6:57 AM to 7:47 AM6:23 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:22 PM
Sun6:48 AM to 6:58 AM6:58 AM to 7:48 AM6:21 PM to 7:11 PM7:11 PM to 7:21 PM
Mon6:49 AM to 6:59 AM6:59 AM to 7:49 AM6:20 PM to 7:10 PM7:10 PM to 7:19 PM
Tue6:50 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:49 AM6:18 PM to 7:08 PM7:08 PM to 7:18 PM
Wed6:50 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:50 AM6:17 PM to 7:07 PM7:07 PM to 7:17 PM
Thu6:51 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:51 AM6:16 PM to 7:05 PM7:05 PM to 7:15 PM
Fri6:52 AM to 7:02 AM7:02 AM to 7:52 AM6:14 PM to 7:04 PM7:04 PM to 7:14 PM
NESWSRSSMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:13 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 6:57 PM, 265° W
  • MR Moonrise not on this date
  • MS Moonset 2:52 PM, 303° WNW
  • Last quarter, 53% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 8 AM to 6 PM, 10 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:43 AM to sunrise 7:13 AM, and sunset 6:57 PM to 7:27 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 6 AMCaution7101620%10 mi400 ft59°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 7 AMCaution67147%10 mi400 ft59°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMGood67137%10 mi400 ft59°nothing against it
Sat 9 AMGood56137%10 mi400 ft61°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood56128%10 mi400 ft64°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood56118%10 mi400 ft66°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood3498%10 mi400 ft68°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMGood34910%10 mi400 ft70°nothing against it
Sat 2 PMGood23810%10 mi400 ft70°nothing against it
Sat 3 PMGood23810%10 mi400 ft71°nothing against it
Sat 4 PMGood2378%10 mi400 ft71°nothing against it
Sat 5 PMGood2368%10 mi400 ft72°nothing against it
Sat 6 PMCaution2378%10 mi400 ft70°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 7 PMCaution2694%10 mi400 ft69°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMCaution1374%10 mi400 ft66°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMCaution2374%10 mi400 ft64°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMCaution2694%9 mi400 ft63°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMNo-fly1584%7 miup to 0 ft62°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly1364%7 miup to 0 ft62°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly1363%7 miup to 0 ft61°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution2693%7 mi400 ft61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMNo-fly38123%7 miup to 0 ft61°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly511143%8 miup to 0 ft59°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMNo-fly623263%8 miup to 0 ft59°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sat 11 AM to 2 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 5 PM to Mon 12 AM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 9 AM to Tue 2 AM 17 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Tue 6 AM to 9 AM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 1 PM to 4 PM 3 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Fri 11 AM to 7 PM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Fri 9 PM to Sat 11 AM 14 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 4 PM to Sun 2 AM 10 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry10%0.00 in68%6 mph8 d
SundayDry1%0.00 in48%10 mph7 dGood
MondayDry0%0.00 in41%7 mph6 dGood
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in36%3 mph5 d
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in34%2 mph4 d
ThursdayDry0%0.00 in37%3 mph3 d
FridayDry0%0.00 in37%5 mph2 d
SaturdayDry5%0.00 in41%9 mph1 dGood

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Friday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Fair6:10 AM to 8:10 AM6:40 PM to 8:40 PM2:22 PM to 3:22 PM 53%7:13 AM, 6:57 PM
Sun Fair7:10 AM to 9:10 AM7:38 PM to 9:38 PM12:03 AM to 1:03 AM3:08 PM to 4:08 PM 43%7:14 AM, 6:55 PM
Mon Fair8:06 AM to 10:06 AM8:32 PM to 10:32 PM1:15 AM to 2:15 AM3:46 PM to 4:46 PM 32%7:14 AM, 6:54 PM
Tue Poor8:57 AM to 10:57 AM9:22 PM to 11:22 PM2:26 AM to 3:26 AM4:18 PM to 5:18 PM 23%7:15 AM, 6:53 PM
Wed Fair9:46 AM to 11:46 AM10:09 PM to 12:09 AM3:35 AM to 4:35 AM4:46 PM to 5:46 PM 15%7:16 AM, 6:51 PM
Thu Good10:32 AM to 12:32 PM10:54 PM to 12:54 AM4:41 AM to 5:41 AM5:12 PM to 6:12 PM 8%7:17 AM, 6:50 PM
Fri Best11:16 AM to 1:16 PM5:45 AM to 6:45 AM5:38 PM to 6:38 PM 3%7:18 AM, 6:48 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Today74° · 20% · NE 0–5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  2. Tonight57° · 8% · NE 0–5 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  3. Sunday76° · 3% · NE 5–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  4. Sunday Night53° · NE 5–10 mph

    Clear, with a low around 53. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  5. Monday75° · NE 5–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  6. Monday Night50° · E 5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 50. East wind around 5 mph.

  7. Tuesday76° · SE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  8. Tuesday Night52° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 0 mph.

  9. Wednesday80° · 0 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 80. South wind around 0 mph.

  10. Wednesday Night55° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 55. East wind around 0 mph.

  11. Thursday82° · SE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  12. Thursday Night58° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 0 mph.

  13. Friday83° · SE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  14. Friday Night60° · SE 0–5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 60. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Tulsa, OK · issued Oct 3, 5:45 AM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Updated at 1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

A few showers and perhaps an isolated thunderstorm will occur in southeast Oklahoma and nearby west-central Arkansas tonight into the first half of Saturday night.

Fall-like temperatures this weekend will trend unseasonably warm next week.

No rain is expected Sunday through Friday.

Short Term

1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

(Through Saturday)

Subtle lift beneath an upper-level jet segment will continue in southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas tonight. This pattern will shift a little north on Saturday as the tail of a strong shortwave brushes the area. So the chance of showers shifts a bit north as well for a brief window. That pattern will break down later Saturday and into Saturday night as the shortwave continues southeast.

Pleasant fall temperatures are in store for the area Saturday.

Long Term

1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

(Saturday Night through Friday)

Precipitation chances diminish Saturday night as the strong system aloft moves on southeast from the Great Lakes. This will promote drier air spreading into all of our area later Saturday night and Sunday.

Dry weather is forecast Sunday into Friday as faster flow aloft stays north of the area. The upper ridge over the southwestern U.S. will expand a little to the east during the coming week and encourage a warm up with time in the coming days.

Aviation

545 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

(12Z TAFS)

MVFR to locally, IFR ceilings persist across most of the area, with these ceilings more patchy across far NW AR and NE OK. All sites should see prevailing ceiling reductions from mid to late morning into the afternoon, with VFR conditions in NE OK and W AR late afternoon into early evening. The W AR sites will most likely see another round of MVFR ceilings, along with potential for visibility reductions, late evening into early Sunday morning. MLC should see a round of showers this morning into early afternoon given CAMs and where showers are currently located. Light winds will prevail.

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

TUL 75 60 80 56 / 10 0 0 0 FSM 78 63 86 58 / 20 10 0 0 MLC 77 61 85 57 / 30 10 0 0 BVO 75 56 79 50 / 10 0 0 0 FYV 76 56 81 51 / 10 0 0 0 BYV 74 57 80 53 / 10 0 0 0 MKO 77 59 82 55 / 10 0 0 0 MIO 76 56 77 51 / 0 0 0 0 F10 76 58 82 54 / 10 0 0 0 HHW 77 63 86 59 / 40 10 10 0

TSA Watches / Warnings / Advisories

OK...None. AR...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Oct 3, 4:11 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS44 KTSA 030911
HWOTSA

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
411 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

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073>075-154-172-176-254-272-276-354-376-040915-
Benton-Carroll-Washington AR-Madison-Northern Crawford-
Northern Franklin-North and Central Sebastian-Southern Crawford-
Central and Southern Franklin-Southern Sebastian-Pushmataha-
Choctaw-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-Tulsa-Rogers-
Mayes-Delaware-Creek-Okfuskee-Okmulgee-Wagoner-Cherokee-Adair-
Muskogee-McIntosh-Pittsburg-Haskell-Latimer-Western Osage-
Northern Sequoyah-Northern Le Flore-Northeast Osage-
Central and Southern Sequoyah-Central Le Flore-Southeast Osage-
Southern Le Flore-
411 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Far Southeast Oklahoma.
ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers, with potential for isolated thunderstorms, will
spread into southeast Oklahoma and possibly west central Arkansas
through the morning, continuing into the afternoon. Severe weather
is not expected and heavy rain impacts are unlikely. A few showers
may linger into the evening, but the risk for thunderstorms should
diminish by then. 

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions and warmer conditions are expected beginning Sunday
and continuing through the upcoming work week. Hazardous weather 
impacts appear minimal.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Oct 6No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Oct 7No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 8No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 9No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 10No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Oct 3Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Oct 4Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Oct 5Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 6–Oct 7Under 0.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 8–Oct 9Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature50% chance above normalOct 8–Oct 12
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 8–Oct 12
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature40% chance above normalOct 10–Oct 16
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 10–Oct 16

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Oct 5–Oct 9Severe Drought

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 29D3 Extreme drought
  2. Outlook for Oct 2026Drought remains but improves

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Winslow 7NE

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 5 and the first fall freeze around November 5: a growing season of about 211 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 23; one spring in ten still has one after April 23.

Climate of 35.81, -94.03: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 26 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max69°71°69°68°71°74°75°74°
Heat index max72°76°75°76°79°81°82°82°
Chance of thunder max7%4%0%0%0%0%0%3%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft-100 ft
Visibility min7 mi7 mi
Mixing height max3,000 ft4,700 ft4,300 ft3,700 ft4,200 ft3,800 ft4,400 ft3,600 ft
Transport wind max14 mph15 mph13 mph9 mph6 mph7 mph9 mph12 mph
Twenty-foot wind max10 mph9 mph8 mph5 mph2 mph3 mph5 mph8 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Fayetteville/Drake (FYV) · 15 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Oct 374° / 59°77° / 52°93° (1963)30° (1975)
Sun Oct 476° / 53°78° / 51°94° (2024)32° (1968)
Mon Oct 575° / 50°76° / 49°90° (1963)32° (1979)
Tue Oct 676° / 52°73° / 50°90° (1963)29° (1952)
Wed Oct 780° / 55°74° / 48°92° (1963)24° (1952)
Thu Oct 882° / 58°73° / 48°93° (1963)25° (1952)
Fri Oct 983° / 60°73° / 47°92° (1963)24° (2000)
Sat Oct 1082° / 62°71° / 46°90° (1963)25° (2000)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:47 AM7:13 AM6:57 PM7:22 PM11 h 44 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:48 AM7:14 AM6:55 PM7:21 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:49 AM7:14 AM6:54 PM7:19 PM11 h 40 min Waning crescent · 32% lit
Tue6:50 AM7:15 AM6:53 PM7:18 PM11 h 38 min Waning crescent · 23% lit
Wed6:50 AM7:16 AM6:51 PM7:17 PM11 h 35 min Waning crescent · 15% lit
Thu6:51 AM7:17 AM6:50 PM7:15 PM11 h 33 min Waning crescent · 8% lit
Fri6:52 AM7:18 AM6:48 PM7:14 PM11 h 30 min Waning crescent · 3% lit
Sat6:53 AM7:19 AM6:47 PM7:13 PM11 h 28 min New moon · 1% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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