News DetailStrong cold front moving across central OK!
Posted At: October 21, 2007 @ 2:26 PM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
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A strong cold front is currently moving through the OKC Metro area Sunday afternoon, with a 20+ deg F temperature fall anticipated over the next few hours. As of 2:30 pm CDT, temperatures were in the mid 40s across the western OK Panhandle, where light snow is forecast tonight, and in the 80s over southern and eastern OK east of the cold front. The radar loop below shows the sharp cold frontal boundary very well:
The Oklahoma Mesonet map below shows the insane temperature variability across Oklahoma, and the sharp wind shift across the front. I'm currently heading outside here in Norman to experience the abrupt temperature change.
The Oklahoma Mesonet map below shows the insane temperature variability across Oklahoma, and the sharp wind shift across the front. I'm currently heading outside here in Norman to experience the abrupt temperature change.
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COOOLLLLL Dose this mean you'll have severe weather?
Cool, looks as if fall is there then lol....
Hey guys whats up?
Cool Reed! Try to get pictures of anytihng that comes your way!
Hi Kenny... Have you seen my site? If you have not here it is^^^
Reed i have a question.... i know im pobably going to sound stupid but i dont know lol
Why is it that on the diagram showing the temp variation and the wind direction that in the west the wind is blowing east, and in the east the wind is blowing west..... is that where a cold front and warm front meet there causeing changes in wind direction??
Tim Cold fronts don't always have to have a warm front.
Caleb i know that lol, but i was just wondering why the wind was in 2 different dirrections, east to west and west to east, just something i wanted to find out why that is?
Cool site Caleb! I'm pretty bored right now, not really warm out but Tomorrow and tuesday and wednesday AND thursday look to be 15-18C.
Im hoping that tonight some fog will form cause i really want to get some pics of the woods behind my house and lake because it looked amazing, ive been waiting for days aswell.....
Hey Tim how's is it going? I'm so bored and the cloud's have finally tooken over the sky. I'm waiting on snow...1 more week left till I'm suppose to get it because the temperatures are going to drop amazingly low in just 1 or 2 days. Tuesday will be 18C and then wednesday 16C and then on thursday the temp drops by 10 degrees.
Hey Kenny....yeh things are ok thanks....how bout you?...
Wow thats a huge drop in temperature hope you get your snow, know you have been waiting for a while :D
Kenny and Caleb.....what are your msn if you dont mind me asking? can talk to you more then lol
I found more shots of the awesome Black Lake Michigan tornado.
Some of the best tornado shots I have ever seen!
http://tinyurl.com/yvt5fx
IT JUST MOVED THROUGH NORMAN!!! massive wind shift and lower dewpoints, very intense!
That is one of the straightest lines I have ever seen on Radar. Cool!
Was there a nice shelf cloud Matt?
AndrewMN.. those are fantastic shots from Michigan!
WOW
Sorry had to head out for a while......
Andrew those pictures are amazing, i have to agree with you!
Good Evening,
Those who have been monitoring the CA Fire situation (live coverage at www.cbs2.com) will know there are alot of fires at the moment, well Mr. Kevin Martin and part of his team are accully about to evacuate their homes due to the fact they are withen 1 mile of the fires and ASH is raining down on them. I will keep everyone updated on this.
This photo was taken by Kevin Martin a few moments ago:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6401/ashfallingae7.jpg
This is the view from his home. Im not completly sure, but notice near the top left of the photo, the brightness, That may be the fire.
AndrewMN..Those are some Awesome shots from Black Lake Mi! Kinda makes me miss my Home STATE!
djkenny_123@hotmail.com It's on my site Tim! Just figured out why temperatures are dropping, It's because a cold front is going to move in making the temperature go from 18C-4C
I'm gonna want to be outside whenever this front hits here in Dallas, but I don't really know when it will be. Where is that first radar loop from?
921 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LANGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO NICKEL
SIZE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COYLE...GLENCOE...LAKE CARL
BLACKWELL...LAKE MCMURTRY...LANGSTON...MORRISON...SOONER LAKE AND
STILLWATER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 173.
921 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT COBB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS ARE
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALBERT...ANADARKO...BINGER...
COGAR...EASTERN FORT COBB RESERVOIR...FORT COBB...GRACEMONT AND
LOOKEBA.
thanks for sharing those photos andrew...that tornado was definetly photogenic for sure...!
Wow, Seriosly, no one cares about the "Wildfire Emergency"?
Well, maybe this will help some of you ignorant people.
LIVE STREAM: WWW.CBS2.COM
Iev been watching it for 7 hours now.
Some agencies are forcasting 100-120 MPH Gusts now tonight with this.
(You know who it is)
thats's one hell of a firestorm.
Mandatory evacuations in Ontario area in socal!!! along with many areas!!!!! 13 major fires burning!!! AAAAAAAA!!!! BAAAAAAAAADDDD!!!!
How far has the fire in California spread so far.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2126
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1148 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN LA AND EXTREME SRN MS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 220448Z - 220715Z
LATE EVENING MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT INTENSIFYING JUST
INLAND ACROSS SERN LA TO ALONG THE IMMEDIATE MS AND AL...FL PNHDL
COASTLINE. ALONG AND S OF THIS FRONT...GOES SOUNDER PWAT VALUES
HAVE INCREASED TO IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
EWD ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR. AS THE UPSTREAM UPR TROUGH OVER THE
SRN PLAINS INCHES EWD...THE TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO
TRANSLATE NWD THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
INCREASING CLUSTER OF TSTMS 40-120 NM S-SE OF GULFPORT APPEARS TIED
TO ENHANCED WARM ADVECTION DERIVED BY THE ACCELERATION AND BACKING
OF THE LOW/MID-LEVEL WIND PROFILES IN ADVANCE OF THE SRN PLAINS
TROUGH. 00Z NAM SUGGESTS THAT THE CORE OF THE SLY LLJ AXIS WILL
LIKELY BECOME ESTABLISHED FARTHER W THAN ORIGINALLY
EXPECTED...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF MOBILE BAY. THUS...FOCUS FOR
OVERNIGHT TSTMS SHOULD BE ACROSS SRN/SERN LA INTO EXTREME SRN MS.
AS THE COLUMN CONTINUES TO MOISTEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...TSTMS
SHOULD EVOLVE/DEVELOP NWD INTO THE INLAND COMMUNITIES AFTER 06-08Z.
INITIAL STORM PARCELS MAY VERY WELL BE ROOTED JUST ABOVE THE
SFC...BUT AS THE QUALITY TROPICAL DEW POINTS FLOOD NWD...STORMS
SHOULD ATTAIN MORE SFC BASED CHARACTER AND TAP INTO IMPROVING
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR. EXPECT THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE NEARSHORE
WATERS...MIGRATE NWD AND INTERACT WITH THE WARM FRONTAL ZONE
IMMEDIATELY INLAND...PROVIDING A ZONE OF ENHANCED TORNADO
PROBABILITIES. THESE PROBABILITIES WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT AND MAY NECESSITATE A TORNADO WATCH IN A FEW HOURS.
I just had the front move through.. It was pretty awesome.
The really awesome part was the number of geese migrating with this front. We heard thousands for like the last hour we have been outside.. They were White Fronted Geese AKA specklebellies. Heard some snow geese too.. Some of them are flying so low you could see them. Thats pretty low considering my town has like only 3 lights to light up the night sky.
You know winters on it's way when you hear and see the geese migrating.
reports of people trapped in the fire along State Route 78
All 36,000 residents of Ramona were ordered to evacuate tonight because of a wind-driven brush fire in northeast San Diego County
fires the severe weather of CA..... As long as people evacuate, and don't get caught on a fire consumed escape route the major loss will be houses etc.... I do have family near the target areas so, it could get hairy for them.
Here's local coverage:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/#
Hey guys....
Theres a slight chance of svr thunderstorms today out by the SP, i have to be honest i dont know where it is sorry and there is a huge line moving over OK, it looks quiet good....
Good Morning -
Live Stream is once again up at www.cbs2.com
The San Diago situation is getting my attention
Wild Fires are never good... hopefully nobody gets hurt.
As for the cold, as long as we get our 2 week deep freeze to help combat the Mountain Pine Beetle, I'm not really looking forward to much snow or bitter cold this Winter.
That's awesome about the geese, ChaserBurns. I'll pay special attention this morning as the front comes through. I'm not expecting them to be as low as they were for you, since it's daylight now, but I expect a wave of them! We haven't noticed many geese at all yet this year, but it's no surprise that they got moving with this system.
Not good about the fires. Stay safe, everybody!
Man that Wildfire Situation in California is hard to watch on TV.
Hope Kevin and his Family got out Safe. This of course is ment for anyone affected by this get out safe!
My Heart goes out o all those People out there.
this fire situation is escalating big time
Ok. This is now a CIVAL EMERGENCY FOR SAN DIAGO AREA!
THIS WAS JUST ISSED FROM THE NWS IN SAN:
"THE SAN DIEGO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO IS SHUTTING DOWN AND EVACUATING DUE TO THE WILDFIRES IN THE VICINITY. BACKUP SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE OXNARD OFFICE."
MASS EVACUATIONS ORDERED WAS OF INTERSATE 15...
LIVE FEED MAN PROVIDES LIVE FEED FROM SAN: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/videostream/11724377/detail.html
THIS IS A EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR SAN DIAGO COUNTY!
If you go to weather.com and look at radar in the area its picking up all the smoke
Hey guys....ive been following the fires in San Diego, glad to see that they have been eveacuated around the effected area