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Friday, March 19

Friday’s Weather

Posted at 6:36am

Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with with a 50 percent chance of snow showers and rain showers. Areas of blowing snow in the afternoon. Windy. Highs in the mid 40s with lows in the lower 20s. Snow accumulation around 2 inches.

Thursday, March 18

Thursday’s weather

Posted at 7:17am

Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 70s and lows in the upper 30s.

Tuesday, March 16

Tuesday’s Weather

Posted at 12:19am

Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies. Highs around 60 and lows in the upper 20s.

Monday, March 15

Monday’s Weather

Posted at 8:03am

Today’s forecast calls for showers. Hourly rainfall amounts will range from a couple hundredths of an inch to near a quarter of an inch in the heavier showers. Highs in the lower 40s and lows around 30.

Sunday, March 14

Sunday’s Weather

Posted at 11:21am

Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the lower 30s. Slight chance of rain showers in the evening.

Saturday, March 13

Saturday’s Forecast

Posted at 10:13am

Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 60s and lows in the uuper 20s.

Friday, March 12

Friday’s Weather

Posted at 1:36am

Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.

Thursday, March 11

Thursday’s forecast

Posted at 12:34am

Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of light rain and light snow in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s with lows in the upper 20s.

Wednesday, March 10

Wednesday’s forecast

Posted at 1:47am

Today’s forecast calls for a few light rain showers through the early morning. Boise City is just one of the communities that may see some rain. Rain and snow showers will tend to increase across the western Oklahoma and Texas panhandles through the morning hours as an upper level storm system approaches.

Highs in the lower 40s with lows in the upper 20s.

Tuesday, March 9

Tuesday’s weather

Posted at 1:49am

Today’s forecast calls for a Wind Advisory to be in effect until 8 a.m. for the western and central Oklahoma Panhandle and the northwest Texas Panhandle.

A northwest wind of 25 to 35 miles an hour with gusts to 50 miles an hour will be common across the western and central Oklahoma Panhandle and the northwest Texas Panhandle this morning. Winds will be just a little lighter across the rest of the panhandles. An isolated light rain shower will also be possible mainly across the Oklahoma Panhandle and the northern Texas Panhandle.

Highs in the upper 50s with lows in the upper 20s.

Monday, March 8

Monday’s weather

Posted at 9:41am

Today’s forecast calls for showers with embedded thunderstorms. Two waves of main activity are prevalent on radar.

The first wave extends from near Wheeler to Canadian to Beaver and and is spreading showers and thunderstorms into the northeast sections of the panhandles.

A second wave extends from near Happy to Panhandle to Spearman to Guymon and will produce another round of showers and thunderstorms across the central to eastern sections of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.

Occasional lightning, gusty winds and pea sized hail may occur with the thunderstorms. Rainfall rates of up to one quarter of an inch per hour can be expected with these storms.

Visibilities of one half of a mile or less will be possible in some localized areas.

Highs in the upper 50s with Continue reading…

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Today, March 20

Scientist to give climate lecture in Norman

NORMAN — Warren Washington, senior scientist and head of the Climate Change Research Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, will speak at 3:30 p.m.

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Snowstorm springs on Oklahoma

Oklahoma officials declared a state of emergency Friday night in all 77 counties in anticipation of near-blizzard conditions predicted to strike much of the state today.

While many areas of the state are expected to be hit with snow and frigid temperatures, other portions may face ice or flooding.

The declaration provides a formal mechanism for local governments to seek reimbursement for recovery costs through the state’s disaster public assistance program should conditions warrant.

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Homeless in Haiti swamped by rains

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake swamped homeless camps Friday, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water, overflowing latrines and panicking thousands.

The overnight downpour sent water coursing down the slopes of a former golf course that now serves as a home for about 45,000 people.

There were no reports of deaths in the camp, a town-size maze of blue, orange and silver tarps located behind the country club being used by the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne as a forward-operating base.

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Blizzard-like conditions Saturday with 6-8 inches of snow possible in Oklahoma City metro

The Oklahoma City metro area could see could see up to 8 inches of snow in places Saturday with 4 inches very likely and strong winds expected, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters are predicting the heavy snow and strong wind gusts could produce blizzard conditions in north central and central parts of the state Saturday, with wind chills falling into the teens.

Ironically, the snow storm is predicted for the first day of spring, after a cold front hits northwest Oklahoma this afternoon and then moves through the metro later this evening, causing a noticeable drop in temperatures.

As the cold front approaches, Oklahomans can expect widespread rain and thunderstorms with strong, gusty north winds up 45

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Doubts flood river forecast

FARGO, N.D. — A year ago, weather forecasters changed their estimate late in the game of just how high the Red River would rise, stoking an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry in Fargo that proved useless because the new prediction was wrong.

Now, as the Red swells again toward an expected crest on Sunday, tens of thousands of Fargo residents are weighing the latest National Weather Service forecasts.

Forecasters analyze a numbing array of factors when making predictions.

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Yesterday, March 19

Will Rogers flights may be delayed or canceled for weather

Flights to and from Will Rogers World Airport may be delayed or canceled because of snow Saturday and Sunday, an airport spokeswoman said.

"At this time, it is difficult to predict how many flights will be impacted until there is a better picture of the scale of the storm as it develops overnight.

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