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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 547 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

- Unseasonably hot through Monday with this trend ending Tuesday

- Dry through Monday with a 15-20% chance for rain on Tuesday

- Rain & storm chances increase Wednesday with the potential for much cooler weather by the end of the week

NEAR TERM

(Rest of today and tonight) Issued at 1238 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

Unseasonably warm weather continues under the influence of the ridge over the western CONUS. Most of the area is expected to see highs in the upper 80s to low 90s with clear skies and light winds. Temperatures will drop to near 60 tonight for lows.

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SHORT TERM

(Friday through Saturday night) Issued at 1238 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

The pattern stays static over the next few days with highs in the upper 80s / lower 90s under sunny skies and lows in the low to mid 60s. Saturday afternoon looks a bit breezier in northwest Oklahoma.

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LONG TERM

(Sunday through Wednesday) Issued at 106 AM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

On Sunday, the remnants of "Isaias" is expected to be tracking up the Mississippi Delta Region. The circulation from this post- tropical system will be building a ridge upstream/westward across the Southern Plains which will result in hotter daytime temperatures for Sunday and Monday. Our area could see highs in the lower to mid 90s for Sunday & Monday and warmer nights which will be near record- breaking for this time of the year. A system moving through the main jet stream across the Northeastern U.S. may push the first of two cold fronts across our area for next week, with the latter much stronger at the end of the week. Deterministic models are not consistent with the handling of the first front with the ECMWF & NBM pushing it into our area Tuesday before stalling out across southwest Oklahoma while the GFS stalls it out up in Kansas. Based on the first solution, much of our area could see a slight cool-down Tuesday from hot to still unseasonably warm with highs in the lower to mid 80s although our southwest CWA could stay hot. There is also a 15-20% chance for scattered rain on Tuesday with this first potential frontal passage. Rain & Storm chances increase becoming more widespread on Wednesday as a large Pacific- based system starts digging across the U.S. Southwest toward the Southern Plains.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 547 PM CDT Thu Oct 8 2026

VFR conditions to continue.

Overnight skies will be clear with light south/southeast winds shifting to the southwest. South winds will increase across the west at 10-12kts, while remaining lighter farther east. Some high clouds will be possible at DUA.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Oklahoma City OK 63 90 64 90 / 0 0 0 0 Hobart OK 61 89 62 90 / 0 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 63 92 62 92 / 0 0 0 0 Gage OK 61 89 63 88 / 0 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 61 89 62 89 / 0 0 0 0 Durant OK 62 90 62 88 / 0 0 0 0

OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OK...None. TX...None.