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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1219 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

- Strong cold front passes overnight and early Friday with strong north winds and scattered showers. Wind gusts greater than 40 mph will be possible in parts of northeast Oklahoma. Any rainfall amounts look to remain light.

- Warming trend this weekend with unseasonably warm temperatures and gusty south winds expected Sunday into early next week. This will raise fire weather concerns once again.

SHORT TERM

(Through Friday) Issued at 1143 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026

A strong cold front was entering northeast Oklahoma late this evening and will sweep south across the area overnight into early Friday morning. Gusty north winds will develop in the wake of the front and scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm or two will also be possible late tonight into the day Friday. Rainfall amounts will generally remain on the light side. Temperatures will be much colder Friday, with most places remaining in the 50s to lower 60s once the front moves through. Far southeast Oklahoma into west central Arkansas will see early morning temperatures near 70 prior to the frontal passage.

LONG TERM

(Friday Night through Thursday) Issued at 1143 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026

After a chilly night Friday night with a few of the colder valleys falling to near the freezing mark, a warming trend will ensue over the weekend. Temperatures will warm back to near 80 by Sunday and well into the 80s to near 90 by early next week. Gusty south winds will also prevail Sunday into early next week, which will once again raise fire weather concerns significantly, especially across parts of northeast Oklahoma where there has been less greenup thus far.

Uncertainty increases by the middle to latter part of next week as one or more frontal boundaries attempt to make their way southeast into the area. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible most every day from Tuesday on and some strong to severe storm potential may exist on one or more days next week, as is fairly typical moving into April.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1219 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026

Cold front brings wind shift to the north and northeast and gusty winds in excess of 30 kts at times. A period of MVFR cigs can be expected at each TAF site this morning behind the front before cigs rise and VFR conditions return for the afternoon. Winds will subside Friday evening.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

TUL 58 36 66 49 / 30 0 0 0 FSM 67 38 67 44 / 70 10 0 0 MLC 63 41 67 48 / 40 10 0 0 BVO 60 31 66 43 / 20 0 0 0 FYV 58 34 64 40 / 70 0 0 0 BYV 55 36 63 44 / 80 0 0 0 MKO 58 38 66 47 / 50 0 0 0 MIO 55 33 64 46 / 40 0 0 0 F10 58 40 67 49 / 40 0 0 0 HHW 70 46 64 47 / 30 10 0 0

TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OK...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for OKZ054>057-059>062- 064>067.

AR...None.