OKLAHOMA (KOKH-KTUL) — A Weather Warn Day is out for Thursday morning due to the potential of wintry precipitation impacting the morning commute. We expect a mix of freezing drizzle, sleet, and snow to form into a band by the morning hours. Due to this, a Winter Weather Advisory has been posted for parts of the state until 3:00 PM Thursday. The band of precipitation we expect to see is wider to the west and narrows to the east and follows the outline made by the advisory counties.
The forecast has largely tracked the same throughout the day, but the latest model trends have shown a slight increase in the chance for snow and a slight decrease for the chance of freezing drizzle. We will still have slick and icy spots on area roads, but that could be due more to the snow than it is the freezing drizzle.
All areas could still see some mixing, but here’s how we expect the primary precipitation type to break down across the state.
Primary Precipitation Type
Here are some model snapshots to act as a guide to how the coverage and precipitation types will evolve throughout the morning. Keep in mind that even in areas where it doesn’t look like there is any precipitation, we could see freezing drizzle.
This snow will taper off throughout the morning and possibly early afternoon, making a mess of the morning commute. While we might not have as many impacts, if the light snow lingers into the afternoon, some impacts to the evening commute will be possible, just to a lesser extent.
Here is what we are thinking for snowfall and ice totals Thursday morning.
Keep in mind that this bad of snow and sleet could be quite narrow, so locations within the forecast zones may still not pick up very much. We also need to still keep in mind the chance for freezing drizzle and that light glaze of ice that can make driving tricky.
Here are what we are looking at in terms of the impacts to the region.
Lastly, very cold wind chills in the 10s and even single digits will be possible Thursday morning.
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