Posted on 03/27/2010 8:04:58 AM PDT by dopplerdale
A vigorous upper level storm system over northwest Oklahoma/south-central Kansas will continue to organize today. Below it, sits a surface low and extending from the low is a cold front that extends through extreme western Oklahoma southward through western Texas as of 9 AM, Saturday. Ahead of the front, conditions were still rather stable and surface moisture was limited with dewpoints in the low 40s across eastern Oklahoma into western Arkansas and only in the low to mid 50s across east Texas and much of Louisiana. The flow today will continue to be southerly so some advection of moister air will flow northward through these regions increasing the low level moisture. Mix this will surface heating that will allow afternoon temperatures to rise into the mid 60s across southern Missouri, upper 60s/low 70s across Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and mid 70s across much of eastern Texas; chilly temperatures aloft associated with the strong upper level system; the surface front; and upper level dynamics and you set the stage for thunderstorm development. Question is, will these become severe?
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It seems like Palm Sunday and the week before Easter is notorious for bad weather through the plains.
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