000 AWUS84 KTSA 201533 AWSTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S IN MOST LOCATIONS. A FEW READINGS IN THE LOWER 70S OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AS TULSA DIPPED ONLY TO 80 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND WAS LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH UNDER A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY IN MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED RAPIDLY TO THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH SUNNY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION BY MID MORNING. WIND HAD INCREASED TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S CAN BE EXPECTED FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. SOMEWHAT COOLER READINGS ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY...AS A FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE BY THAT TIME AS WELL. $$