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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 - Cooler and drier conditions Sunday into early next week.

- Unsettled pattern returns late next week.

SHORT TERM

(Through tonight ) Issued at 1220 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026

Sfc high pressure settles across the area tonight with light winds and clear skies. Cool overnight lows expected especially in the sheltered valleys of NE OK and far NW AR.

LONG TERM

(Sunday through Saturday) Issued at 1220 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026

Pleasant early spring weather is forecast for the first half of the week. Sfc high pressure expands across the region Monday with a reinforcing weak cold front Monday night into Tuesday. Southerly winds will increase by Wednesday with temps warming into late week.

Flow aloft becomes southwesterly by late week downstream of a slow moving closed low moving into the southwestern CONUS. Multiple shortwave troughs are likely to eject across the Plains from late week through next weekend atop a prolonged fetch of low level moisture return. There remains uncertainties on the strength of the flow aloft amongst extended guidance which will impact details of severe weather potential at this range. However, a more confident part of the forecast is the increasing rain chances by late week extending through next weekend. The likelihood of multiple periods of widespread rains will increase the heavy rain and flooding potential with details refined with later forecasts.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through the period at all terminals. Gusty northwest winds will decouple after sunset, with an increase from the north Sunday by late morning.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

TUL 42 69 43 73 / 0 0 0 0 FSM 44 71 42 75 / 0 0 0 0 MLC 44 69 43 74 / 0 0 0 0 BVO 37 69 38 73 / 0 0 0 0 FYV 39 67 38 73 / 0 0 0 0 BYV 39 63 38 70 / 0 0 0 0 MKO 40 67 41 71 / 0 0 0 0 MIO 37 64 38 70 / 0 0 0 0 F10 41 68 41 71 / 0 0 0 0 HHW 44 68 44 70 / 0 0 0 0

TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OK...None. AR...None.