Weather Briefing
08 Feb 2007
Brad Barrett
http://weather.ou.edu/~bbarrett/
 


Thursday's Noteworthies:

  Cold airmass in northern US

  Pattern change to more zonal flow aloft over US

  Cyclone DORA









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Current weather:

     Indian ocean satellite (tab) / Cyclone DORA (new window)

     US water vapor imagery (Ramsdis WVapor loops)

     N.Hem. 500 hPa height/vorticity (IGES GFS )

     Midwest vis. satellite image (NCAR RAP)

     Up-state NY radar (Northeast Great Lakes), snowfall totals (NWS Buffalo)

     Current US sfc temps: 18Z     Hoot main page

     Okla mesonet sfc map

     Upper Analysis from RAP
 
        U.S. 850mb 12Z
        U.S. 700mb 12Z
        U.S. 500mb 12Z
        U.S. 250mb 12Z

     Upper Analysis from SPC

        U.S. 250mb 12Z
        U.S. 500mb 12Z
        U.S. 700mb 12Z
        U.S. 850mb 12Z

    Unisys US Visible  (more Unisys satellite)

    RAP US Visible  (more RAP satellite)

     US RadarMosaic (TLX)

    RAP surface BWI   ICT   (more

    Okla. Mesonet

    OUN sounding (DDC    more)

    NHC Sea-surface temp analysis


Recent climatology data for OKC
 
  Precipitation:   30 days    90 days     365 days


  Temperature:  30 days    90 days     365 days

  US Drought monitoring:  Palmer Index

Other current items:

    US Snow Cover

     US RadarMosaic

    OK Mesonet

To the Future ...

    NCEP GFS 78-hr precip

    ETA 72-hr 500mb height/wind

    Eta's say

    GFS's take

     Spaghetti plott

    Unisys MRF 9-panel

    Penn St. ewall:   ETA    AVN

    RAP:  RUC 15Z

Forecast:
  

Norman, OK

This Afternoon: Persistent low stratus.  Wind NE 10-15 mph

High 37

Average 51

Tonight Cloudy, chance of rain.  Winds E 5 mph.

Low 30

Average 29

Friday: Clearing stratus, developing cirrus.  Winds SE 5 mph.

High 45

Friday night: Mostly cloudy.  Wind SE 5 mph.

Low 28

Saturday:  Mostly cloudy.  Slight chance rain.

High 40



 



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Current Satellite images

   RAP US Visible
   
    Ramsdis WVapor

Upper Air Analysis

    U.S. 250mb 12Z

    U.S. 500mb 12Z

     U.S. 700mb 12Z

    U.S. 850mb 12Z


 

Other Current items

    Current US temps (RUC analysis)

    RAP surface Pierre, SD  (Others)
 
    00Z ht/temp  850mb    700mb

     12Z ht/temp  850mb   700mb   

   OUN sounding (more)

    RAP surface AUS

    Central TX radar

    Alaska 12Z

    US Difax 15Z

    RAP Central Plains

     NRMN Meteogram

    DDC sounding

    OK Mesonet

    Gulf of Mexico SST loop

    FWD sounding (Unisys ... more)

To the Future ...

    Penn St. ewall:   ETA    AVN

    RAP:  RUC 15Z

    Eta's say

    GFS's take

     Spaghetti plott


Cold air in Canada .....

   Current temps

   GFS Model:  500mb vort   Sfc temps   Precip

    Spaghetti plott




   MSLP 15Z Sunday 

   1/19/04 Forecast discussion (RAH)       Miller B Cyclogenesis

   18Z Sunday soundings: GSO     MHX

   19Z Sunday surface obs

   19Z radar images:  KRAX     KMHX 

TODAY

    12Z soundings:  GSO  MHX

    Sfc obs

    Radar mosaic  

   Water vapor loop

Oklahoma snow chances

   UA Analysis:  300mb  500mb   850mb

   12Z soundings:  OUN   DDC  

   Radar mosaic:  Oklahoma  TLX   VNX   FDR




    Rainfall totals:  48hr 

Other Current Items

    Gulf Temps

Current Satellite images

    Ramsdis WVapor

    RAP US Visible

    Alaska IR

Current Surface Obs

    Alaska 12Z

    US Difax 15Z

    RAP Central Plains

Upper Air Analysis

    U.S. 250mb 12Z

    U.S. 500mb 12Z

     U.S. 700mb 12Z

    U.S. 850mb 12Z

Other Current items

    US RadarMosaic

    OUN sounding (more)

     NRMN Meteogram

    DDC sounding

    OK Mesonet

To the Future ...

   Eta's say

    GFS's take

Forecast:
 
 

Norman, OK

This Afternoon: Cloudy with snow showers.  1" accum.  Winds N 20-25 mph.

High 30

Average 48

Tonight: Chilly.  Winds N 10-15 mph.

Low 33

Average 26

Tuesday: Partly cloudy and continued cool.  Winds N 10 mph.

High 40

Tuesday night: Pleasantly chilly.  

Low 23

Wednesday:  Warming up slowly.

High 50

Trend thru next week: Continued warm-up end of the week; remains dry
Average



 

 


 

Kentucky vs Kansas   Texas vs Syracuse

       KENTUCKY     vs    TEXAS

                            TEXAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past:

 

Norman meteogram


Oklahoma Rainfall
 

TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATION
PATTERN
STORM
MONTH
U.S. Average
NH 500mb
 
 U.S. Anomaly
U.S. Anomaly
NH MSLP
 
WEEK
U.S. Average
U.S. Total
 
U.S. Anomaly
   
DAY
NOAM Yesterday's Highs
24-Hour Liquid Equivalent
Local Storm Reports
NOAM Today's Lows
Snow Cover
 

 
 

Present: 

 

 

 


GLOBAL SCALE
SYNOPTIC SCALE
MESOSCALE
UPPER
AIR
NH 500mb Evolution
U.S. 250mb 12Z
OUN 12Z Sounding
 NH 500mb Vorticity 0Z
U.S. 500mb 12Z
U.S. 700mb 12Z

U.S. 850mb 12Z
SURFACE
 
U.S. Surface 15Z
OK Current
 
S. Plains Surface
OK Trends
 
W. Gulf Surface

Gulf Stream SSTs

REMOTE
SENSING
 
U.S. Visible
KTLX Radar

Tropics

U.S. Infrared
KFDR Radar

Ramsdis Tropical Satellite

U.S. Water Vapor
KVNX Radar
 
S. Plains Visible Loop
KINX Radar
 
 
Melbourne, FL Radar 

 
 

Future:

NCEP Threats 

 
Tropical Scatterplots
 
TC genesis fields

 

0-12 HOURS
0-3 DAYS
0-2 WEEKS
NWP
RUC2
ETA
GFS
ARPS
GFS
ECMWF
MM5
NGM
NOGAPS
 
WRF-KF
CANADIAN
 
 ETA-KF
ENSEMBLE
NCEP
SPC
HPC
CPC
Outlooks / MCDs / Watches
QPF / Heavy Rain / Snow-Ice
6-10 Day / 8-14 Day / Month / Season
Mesoanalysis
Synoptic Analysis
Threats / Winter

TPC


Satellite / Track / Winds


Tropical Analysis


 
 

Forecast:
 
 

Norman, OK

This Afternoon: Clearing and drier, winds light/variable
High 65
Average 65
Tonight: Seasonably cool.  Winds SE 5-10 mph.
Low 55
Average 43
Wednesday: Partly cloudy and warmer.  Winds S 5-10 mph.
High 75
Wednesdaynight: Remaining partly cloudy and seasonable.  
Low 54
Thursday: Clouding up; -TSRA psbl late.  Wind shift in afternoon.
Toasty in Dallas ... 90F+ on the field?
High 76, falling p.m.
Trend thru weekend: Autumn chill in the air - enjoy!
Below Average