• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0005

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    ACUS11 KWNS 030519
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 030519
    OKZ000-TXZ000-031115-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0005
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1119 PM CST Wed Jan 02 2019

    Areas affected...Portions of northwest Texas...southwest into
    central Oklahoma

    Concerning...Freezing rain

    Valid 030519Z - 031115Z

    SUMMARY...Freezing rain (0.05-0.10 in/3 hr accumulation rates) and
    occasional sleet continues across the area, and is expected to
    continue into the morning hours, before transitioning to snow.

    DISCUSSION...Light to occasionally moderate precipitation, induced
    by ascent provided by an approaching 500 mb cut-off low, has been
    ongoing for the last several hours, with occasional sleet and at
    least a light glazing of ice from freezing rain observed. Given the
    approach of the aforementioned upper-level low, large-scale ascent
    will continue to overspread the area, supporting more light to
    moderate precipitation into the early morning hours.

    Temperatures remain below freezing at the surface, though a slight
    warm up has been observed within the last hour (i.e 1-2F rise
    in/around the OKC metro). Hydrometeor melting continues in the
    850-700 mb layer, where temperatures remain near/above freezing. As
    such, freezing rain mixed with some sleet will likely remain the
    primary precipitation type through the early morning hours, as
    supported by the latest RAP point forecast soundings and high
    resolution ensemble guidance. This will especially be the case along
    an axis from FDR, to OUN and SRE, where a near-continuous band of
    light to moderate precipitation has become established and is
    translating along this axis.

    As sub-freezing temperatures in the 850-700 mb layer advect eastward
    over the area with the approaching upper-level low,
    deep-tropospheric vertical profiles will become more supportive of
    snow reaching the surface at or shortly before sunrise.

    ..Squitieri.. 01/03/2019

    ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...TSA...FWD...OUN...SJT...LUB...MAF...

    LAT...LON 31010130 31790087 33270047 34050008 34679913 35629822
    35999731 36179657 35809598 35239546 34649525 34259565
    33579741 32179932 31010130



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