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Colder Weather on the Way

...A SIGNIFICANT LATE SPRING COLD AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BRING
NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TO THE FOUR STATE REGION TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY...

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE
FOUR STATE REGION ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT END WITH THE
APPROACH OF A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM POISED TO MAKE ITS
FIRST APPEARANCE INTO THE REGION TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BARRELING
INTO THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AS WELL AS NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING.
THE FRONT LIKELY WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY BUT THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM TODAY OR TONIGHT.

WHAT IS EXPECTED IS STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST
WHICH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40
MPH ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. ALONG WITH THE STRONG
POST FRONTAL WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DRASTICALLY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP WELL INTO THE
40S WITH EVEN SOME LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS.

WHILE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
WITH THIS EXPECTED CHANGE IN AIR MASS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD
COULD EFFECT AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. IF POSSIBLE...TAKE PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION FROM THESE TEMPERATURES IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE.

 

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