Moisture stream really cranking now. Echos popping up all over S OK.

MD out of E OK regarding mixed precip.



Looks like a large precip. shield is forming near Lubbock right now and this will spread north and east into OK today. Then the main low should cross the state tonight.

One thing to note right now, the main low is closed off and there is virtually no dry air that is being pulled into it. This may change, but right now it is looking very healthy. Water vapor imagery shows nice moisture aloft that is extremely cold in the -50 to -60 C range.

So what exactly does this mean for the OKC area today? Please give time of arrival and amounts:)

I interpret this as meaning the low is nicely formed and has virtually nothing to interfere with it or kill it, so that translates to a good snowmaker for Oklahoma.

Very light snow/grapel coming down in Broken Arrow.

I love grapel in large amounts

Very light snow/grapel coming down in Broken Arrow.

Grapel?

Nothing happening in the 51st & Harvard area of Tulsa.

Grapel?

Nothing happening in the 51st & Harvard area of Tulsa.


Let it snow let it snow let it snow

Precip is starting to increase overhead here in Central OK now...some isolated reports of sleet reaching the ground, but nothing major. Freezing rain being reports in Duncan, Sleet in Lawton, and rain in Wichita Falls. Everything is moving roughly ENE right now.

Precip is starting to increase overhead here in Central OK now...some isolated reports of sleet reaching the ground, but nothing major. Freezing rain being reports in Duncan, Sleet in Lawton, and rain in Wichita Falls. Everything is moving roughly ENE right now.

Looks like the main storm will be mainly south of OKC,correct?

Light sleet here in Norman now despite nothing much on radar. A lot of it is evaporating.

Looks like the main storm will be mainly south of OKC,correct?

Most of the ice accumulation will be south. Good chance the heavy snow band will setup somewhere close to central OK late tonight.

Sleet/Freezing rain will reach Downtown in the next 45-60 minutes. Light Sleet widely reported in Norman right now.

LOL Grapel is a fine ice pellet:) Steady light snow/sleet/freezing rain in Broken Arrow. This is gonna get ugly fast! I really hope my work lets us go home early.

http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/dec13/5-2.png

Travel along I-44 from OKC SW to Lawton is going to be a mess soon.

Very light snow in Norman

Large batch of precip getting ready to move in to the Metro. Things should start going down hill fast.

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Light snow falling in downtown OKC.

http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/dec13/5-2.png

Dear God in Heaven ... how will we survive that?!!

Dear God in Heaven ... how will we survive that?!!

You'll be fine if you got your bread and milk...or alcohol.

http://www.weatherspotlight.com/screencap/dec13/5-4.png

Any dry slots?

LOL, I just love using that term.

Yukon is getting some pretty big flakes, and the snow is getting heavier. It's sticking to the ground for the moment. Hope we get enough for my son to see a real snowman!!

Snowpocalypse 2013!!!!!!

(snow in Oklahoma is like rain here in California...)

has anything changed since the snow started? prediction on inches here in okc area last I heard was at to 10 pm news and ea station had something different to 1 inch to 6 inches

Snowpocalypse 2013!!!!!!

(snow in Oklahoma is like rain here in California...)

You didn't really get into the Mike Morgan spirit their Pete............ Snowmahurriblizgeddoncanezard 2013

has anything changed since the snow started? prediction on inches here in okc area last I heard was at to 10 pm news and ea station had something different to 1 inch to 6 inches

3-6" is probably still a safe bet. All depends where the various snow bands setup later.

OU-Norman closing at 2:30PM and remaining closed through tonight.

Big flakes here on Britton and May.

Nm

Drove to DT OKC from Midwest City. Roads are definitely getting slick and traffic is a slow crawl in many places. If you have to travel right now, plan on lots of extra time.

You drove!? :)

Any dry slots?

LOL, I just love using that term.

What about the "wet bulb"?

What about the "wet bulb"?

Fits nicely with the dry slots.

What about the "wet bulb"?

Fits nicely with the dry slots.

ಠ_ಠ

Good thing the bulb is wet if the slot....you get the drift.

What about the "wet bulb"?

If it's to be nothing but snow, bring on the wet bulb baby!

Good thing the bulb is wet if the slot....you get the drift.

Seems an odd direction for this thread to take, given that it's awfully frigid out there.

:sofa:

Snowing near 51st & Harvard in Tulsa.

Seems an odd direction for this thread to take, given that it's awfully frigid out there.

:sofa:

One might say it's even..

(•_•) , ( •_•)>⌐■-■ , (⌐■_■)

bone-chilling.

Batch of heavier precip will be moving in here by rush hour. Some snow fall rates in this band over 1-2" per hour right now.

Batch of heavier precip will be moving in here by rush hour. Some snow fall rates in this band over 1-2" per hour right now.

Snowing pretty heavy now at I-40 and MacArthur.

same @ NW Expressway / Council

Going to be doing live radar and video every 10-15 minutes or so in the chat. Might have to redesign the chat page some to make it look better. :)

I haven't seen a snow this pretty since I was in middle school. The flakes are huge!

Nothing but heavy sleet here on the east side of Moore. Thought I might see it transition to SN on the drive home from work in Norman but no such luck.

18 degrees and heavy snow and bad roads. I-40 and Morgan.

Huge snowflakes in Yukon.

5178

Wilshire and Kilpatrick TP.

Just an incredibly beautiful snow event. Picture postcard beautiful.

Nothing but heavy sleet here on the east side of Moore. Thought I might see it transition to SN on the drive home from work in Norman but no such luck.

Zero snow in north central norman. Ice pellets galore, but not a flake in sight.

Has Mike Morgan called for everyone to get in their car and try to outrun the snow storm yet?

For a while the flakes were so big it looked like cotton balls falling here in Mustang.

Has the dry slot arrived?

This saga with the camaro on news 9 is sad and hilarious at the same time

This saga with the camaro on news 9 is sad and hilarious at the same time

Lol I was just watching the same thing... And having the same thought.

Has the dry slot arrived?

No real dry slot. This is just the tail end of the first wave. Second wave is a few hours away still.

Has Mike Morgan called for everyone to get in their car and try to outrun the snow storm yet?

No, but he says wave 2 won't be as bad. But, he also said yesterday at this same time wave 1 wasn't going to be that bad.

No real dry slot. This is just the tail end of the first wave. Second wave is a few hours away still.

So chances are that the second wave of energy is going to backfill in on Southwestern Oklahoma and move back up into the city? Do you expect that timeline to still be 9pm-6am, all heavy snow, for wherever that main band sets up shop?

No, but he says wave 2 won't be as bad. But, he also said yesterday at this same time wave 1 wasn't going to be that bad.

While certainly possible due to the challenges of forecasting winter weather, I still cringed hearing him say that considering what several of the models are outputting in terms of snowfall overnight. In particular the NAM and HRRR, which project an additional 4-6" of snow between 10pm and 8am.

Looking at the latest HRRR, Wave 2 should start moving into SW OK by 10PMish tonight...Metro by Midnight. HRRR only runs through 4AM at this point and still going strong through then. Here is the snowfall forecast through that time period...take off about an inch from these totals to account for current falling precip.

http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/HRRR/for_web/hrrr_dev1_zeus/2013120519/t5/acsnw_t5sfc_f15.png

Downtown and the near northwest side were pretty slick around 1:30 this afternoon. Just ask the folks at Arby's who were watching me make a massive fishtail across all 4 lanes of 23rd...:o