What will the weather be like this weekend in Oklahoma?
The chance of wintry weather returns to the Green Country on Sunday.
Areas of rain move toward the south Tulsa area during the day Sunday, with the north looking drier as of Saturday night. Temperatures will remain in the 40s at this time.
By sunset, southwest Tulsa could see a wintry mix that will eventually turn to snow, spreading northeast along the I-44 corridor late Sunday night.
This should continue until Monday morning, ending after sunrise.
There is a chance of a local snowfall of 2 to 3 inches, but other areas will have lighter snowfall.
Warm ground temperatures should promote rapid melting and air temperatures should be at freezing point, which will also trigger melting.
Main roads should remain mostly wet due to the warmth, but some may become muddy.
Major road issues will occur with heavy snowfall through Sunday night/early Monday morning.
As the low approaches from the west, cold air will gradually arrive supporting a shift from rain to a wintry mix and possibly snow until late Sunday into the evening hours.
The preceding air mass will initially be too warm to allow snow, but as the upper level system approaches, the cooling of the column will allow rain to move in to mix with or change to snow in a few spots Sunday evening.
What is the chance of snow in Oklahoma on Sunday, February 11?
The exact path of the decline will determine the eventual path of some wet snow. This pattern could be ripe for some swaths of heavy snow bands but the lack of cold air already at the surface should mitigate that possibility with minor accumulation amounts expected across eastern OK if the mix occurs.
The trend in the latest data supports a slightly slower upper level crossing of the system across the state meaning some rain may change to snow lasting longer Sunday evening into early Monday morning.
The greatest chance for impactful snow remains across the western half of the state and extends east along both sides of I-44 through far west-central Oklahoma. Any shift north or south even 50 miles from the low above current data could lead to changes in the forecast for Sunday afternoon and evening.
What will the weather be like next week in Oklahoma?
Temperatures will remain near freezing early Monday morning but will rise to the mid 40s Monday afternoon and into the high 60s during the day Tuesday through Thursday. Additional cold air will likely return to the area late next week to impact the weekend.
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