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AWUS84 KTSA 281511
RWSTSA

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
911 AM CST MON JAN 28 2013

CLOUDY SKIES WERE COMMON OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. 
SOME PATCHY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED OVER PARTS OF THE AREA 
DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE IN THE WAY 
OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL OCCURRED. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PREVAILED 
THROUGH THE PERIOD...HELPING TO TRANSPORT WARM AND MOIST AIR 
NORTHWARD OUT OF TEXAS AND INTO THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES THIS 
MORNING WERE WELL ABOVE ANY NORMAL HIGH OBSERVED THIS TIME OF YEAR. 
READINGS FROM THE LOWER 50S TO MID 60S WERE RECORDED FOR LOW 
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING.

SKIES REMAINED MOSTLY CLOUDY AT MID MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKS 
IN THE CLOUDS OBSERVED AT TIMES. SOME PATCHY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE 
ONGOING AS WELL...THOUGH THIS ACTIVITY WAS TRENDING DOWNWARD. MID 
MORNING TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE LOWER 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES 
WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH COMMON.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON...VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL WITH CLOUDS 
GRADUALLY INCREASING AND THICKENING BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG 
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL WITH WINDS 
GUSTING AT TIMES TO AROUND 35 MPH. ALSO ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON WILL 
BE DAYTIME HIGHS. READINGS BY LATE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK 
WITHIN THE RANGE OF LOWER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. A VIGOROUS UPPER 
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH INCREASING 
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BETTER CHANCES FOR THIS 
ACTIVITY WILL EXIST EARLY TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE 
REGION.

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