[Ansteorra] Coronation and ice

Fri Jan 12 11:01:07 PST 2007

Update on Weather....

  ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1128 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

TXZ086-122230-
WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WICHITA FALLS
1128 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY

REST OF TODAY
RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET IN THE
AFTERNOON. COOLER. NEW ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER
30S IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

TONIGHT
OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF LIGHT
SLEET. MUCH COLDER. NO SLEET ACCUMULATION. ICE ACCUMULATION
AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. 

SATURDAY
CLOUDY WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LIKELY. MUCH COLDER.
ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 20S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
60 PERCENT. 

SATURDAY NIGHT
CLOUDY WITH FREEZING RAIN LIKELY. ICE
ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY
CLOUDY WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET LIKELY.
ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 20S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
70 PERCENT. 

  National Weather Service Zone - TXZ086 

OUNWSWOUN
WWUS44 KOUN 121544
WSWOUN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
944 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

  MAJOR ICE STORM UNDERWAY...

  .ARCTIC AIRGULF MOISTURE...AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM

  ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...
WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TODAY. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH WILL BE LIKELY TODAY.

PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE
BY LATE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN
EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

---------------------------------

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Please everyone be very cautious if traveling. Our prayers are with you on your journey.

  Armand & Caitrin

Daralynn Brittain <elspeth013 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  >From NOAA just now:

Friday: Periods of showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature falling 
to around 38 by 5pm. North northwest wind between 6 and 16 mph, with gusts 
as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: Freezing rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. 
North northeast wind between 16 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. 
Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Occasional freezing rain. High near 28. North northeast wind 
between 10 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation 
is 80%.

Saturday Night: Freezing rain likely possibly mixed with sleet. Mostly 
cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wow, we are clear here at home, but traveling to Coronation could be tricky.

Elspeth

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