Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 12, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
204 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

THE MCS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OK MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY MORNING, SO
POPS WERE RAISED IN AREAS SOUTH TO I-40 OVER WESTERN OK. AFTER THAT
TIME THE LOW-LEVEL JET SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE COMPLEX FOLLOWING
LIKEWISE.

THE STRONG AUGUST COLD FRONT IS STILL SET TO ENTER NORTHWEST OK LATE
TONIGHT AND PASS THROUGH MOST OF THE STATE BY TUESDAY EVENING.
ASSOCIATED POPS...LIKELY NORTH AND GOOD CHANCE CENTRAL AND MOST OF
THE SOUTH...REMAIN IN TUESDAYS FORECAST. WIND SPEEDS WERE ADJUSTED
UP SUBSTANTIALLY AS THE STRENGTH OF THE MID-LEVEL WAVE AND FRONT
WOULD SUGGEST SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 20-25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS FROM THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH THE AIRMASS MAY NOT BE AS LOW AS THE
AVN SUGGEST...THERE WILL VERY LIKELY BE SOME MID 50S WEDNESDAY
MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST.

AFTER A MILD DAY WEDNESDAY THE REST OF THE WEAK APPEARS WARMER WITH
LITTLE CHANCE FOR RAIN.

OKC   97  71  84  61 /  10  40  50  30
HBR   98  71  86  60 /  10  30  50  40
SPS   98  72  89  63 /   0  20  40  50
GAG   97  62  73  57 /  60  60  60  10
PNC   95  68  78  59 /  30  60  60  20
DUA   95  72  90  65 /   0  20  40  60

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.