January 2024 - General Weather Discussion

[BoulderSooner]

Man, moisture is missing OKC like crazy. Every storm, it seems OKC gets missed by rain or other moisture.

none of OKC metro is currently in a drought .. and only 15% of the state is .. a year ago over 89% of the state was in a drought

[Bill Robertson]

none of OKC metro is currently in a drought .. and only 15% of the state is .. a year ago over 89% of the state was in a drought

Even though we haven't had a sailboat in a few years I still judge how wet/dry we are by the water level in lake Hefner. The last two or three years the water has been high enough for sailboats to not have any issues. We sold our last sailboat 7 or 8 years ago because we couldn't get it out of the slip more often than not.

[SEMIweather]

Even though we haven't had a sailboat in a few years I still judge how wet/dry we are by the water level in lake Hefner. The last two or three years the water has been high enough for sailboats to not have any issues. We sold our last sailboat 7 or 8 years ago because we couldn't get it out of the slip more often than not.

This works to a certain extent, but not completely given that OKC will occasionally purchase water from Canton Lake during abnormally dry periods or have to release excess water downstream during abnormally wet periods. My gold standard is the UNL Drought Monitor which is updated every Thursday Morning.

[SEMIweather]

Continuing to look less and less likely that we will see any significant snow accumulations on Sunday.

[yukong]

It is snowing right now at NW Expressway and Mustang Road.

[MagzOK]

Snowing up here in north Edmond. It's a pretty winter scene.

[Bunty]

Continuing to look less and less likely that we will see any significant snow accumulations on Sunday.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY:

Areas Affected:
Alfalfa - Canadian - Cleveland - Garfield - Grant - Hughes - Kay - Kingfisher - Lincoln - Logan - Major - Noble - Oklahoma - Payne - Pottawatomie - Seminole
Effective: Sun, 1/14 9:00am Updated: Sat, 1/13 3:10pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Mon, 1/15 12:00am Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely

Details:
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...For the Wind Chill Warning, dangerously cold wind chills.
Wind chills as low as 20 below zero. For the Winter Weather
Advisory, snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to three
inches.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northern, northwest
and southeast Oklahoma.
* WHEN...For the Wind Chill Warning, until noon CST Tuesday. For
the Winter Weather Advisory, from 9 AM Sunday to midnight CST
Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The cold
wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little
as 30 minutes.

Information:
Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you
wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
For the latest road conditions call 8 4 4 4 6 5 4 9 9 7.

[corwin1968]

It is snowing at NW 178th & May right now (10:23 am, Sunday).

[kukblue1]

cold air is dry air. Hard to get a good snow when it's 4 out. I'm sure other will disagree but show me some big snow totals in OKC with temps 10 or below. Of Course Tv Mets doing a bit of back tracking this morning. They did say amounts could change or they never said it would 100 percent snow. They always have an out don't they. Anyway that all being said can we start talking about the ice storm next Sunday-Monday or is it too soon.

[Ginkasa]

cold air is dry air. Hard to get a good snow when it's 4 out. I'm sure other will disagree but show me some big snow totals in OKC with temps 10 or below. Of Course Tv Mets doing a bit of back tracking this morning. They did say amounts could change or they never said it would 100 percent snow. They always have an out don't they. Anyway that all being said can we start talking about the ice storm next Sunday-Monday or is it too soon.

I don't know man, last thing I saw was we'd get anywhere from basically nothing to 4 inches and it's snowing pretty good where I'm at (50th and Western).

[Anonymous.]

Nice picturesque snow across most of OKC right now.

[BB37]

At 2:15 PM the skies have cleared at NW Highway and Sara Road.

[SEMIweather]

cold air is dry air. Hard to get a good snow when it's 4 out. I'm sure other will disagree but show me some big snow totals in OKC with temps 10 or below. Of Course Tv Mets doing a bit of back tracking this morning. They did say amounts could change or they never said it would 100 percent snow. They always have an out don't they. Anyway that all being said can we start talking about the ice storm next Sunday-Monday or is it too soon.

February 2021 we got 10+" of snow during that arctic blast. It's rare but can happen from time to time.

[okatty]

Home weather station read 0 air temp and -8 wind chill about 630 AM this morning. Just now at 720 AM dropped to -1 air temp. BRRRRR.

[brunnesa]

A few weather models hinting at an Ice storm next Sunday and Monday!

[bison34]

A few weather models hinting at an Ice storm next Sunday and Monday!

Ah yes, a half inch of ice would be just what the doctor ordered. Hopefully it backs off that amount.

[NikonNurse]

Ugh.

[BG918]

Temps should be warm enough for this next storm to be mostly rain but will be worth watching closely

[Bill Robertson]

Temps should be warm enough for this next storm to be mostly rain but will be worth watching closely

This. CMC is showing major ice. GFS has it all rain.

[kukblue1]

Let the Ice storm Hype begin. Yeah 2021 we did have snow when it was really cold. It's very rare though and hard to do in OKC.

[BoulderSooner]

Let the Ice storm Hype begin. Yeah 2021 we did have snow when it was really cold. It's very rare though and hard to do in OKC.

snow when it is "really cold" is not rare at all

[BG918]

If there is freezing rain early Monday it will likely change over to rain during the day as warmer air begins to move over the state. There could be three storm systems that move up from Mexico next week, all rain.

[April in the Plaza]

Ugh.

The weather in this State is honestly just straight trash imo

[bison34]

The weather in this State is honestly just straight trash imo

Not much we can do about it, unfortunately. But yeah, the Plains suck, weather-wise.

[SEMIweather]

Best climate in the country for those of us who like thunderstorms, though.