***Winter Storm Watch for all of northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas Tuesday morning until early Wednesday morning***
***Extreme Cold Watch for the entire forecast area 6 PM Tuesday until 12 PM Thursday***
We'll have increasing high clouds tonight with the low in Tulsa down to 20°. NE winds 5-10 mph.
Look for a sun/cloud mix on Monday. Get out and enjoy while you can. The high goes to 47° in Tulsa. SE/S winds 5-15 mph.
An Arctic front will blow through on Tuesday dropping temperatures during the day into the 20s. Precipitation will overspread the area beginning early in the morning (probably around 6 am or so). However, high resolution data is suggesting we will have areas of rain, freezing rain, and sleet from around Highway 412 (including Tulsa) and to the south for several hours before everything changes to snow later in the day and Tuesday night. The snow will exit the region probably around midnight or so Tuesday night.
Depending how long the ice sticks around (freezing rain and sleet) will likely impact snow totals. If it takes longer for the snow to show up, then accumulations will be lighter from about Highway 412 and to the south. If the snow shows up pretty quickly after a touch of freezing rain and sleet, then amounts will be greater.
We also expect there to be gusty northeast winds up to around 30 mph as the Arctic front blows in Tuesday, so look for blowing and drifting snow.
Wind chills will plummet to below 0° starting Tuesday night and we will have below 0° wind chills on and off through Friday morning. Temperatures might not be above freezing until Saturday afternoon!
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