Atoka, Oklahoma

... Late week storm will bring strong winds... very cold air... and
some snow...

Hazardous winter weather may develop over the Southern Plains
beginning Wednesday night... as a storm system intensifies and tracks
from the southern rockies eastward across the plains. Strong
northerly winds and much colder air will result in a cold and
blustery Christmas eve with wind chill temperatures in the teens and
20s. Although wind speeds will decrease on Christmas day... it will
still be a cold... with highs only in the 30s.

The storm will begin to take shape tonight... when colder air gathers
over northwestern Oklahoma. On Wednesday... a cold front will will
spread toward the southeast... slowly at first... but more rapidly by
evening. Freezing temperatures will reach central and southwest
Oklahoma... and western North Texas... by Thursday morning.

Freezing drizzle may develop over parts of western Oklahoma
Wednesday night and early Thursday... and roads could become slick
and hazardous. An upper low arriving on Thursday will cause rain and
drizzle to change to mix with or change to snow over northern and
much of central Oklahoma.

The late arrival of cold air and the progressive nature of the upper
low will limit snowfall totals. Still... it does appear that 1 to 3
inches of snow may accumulate in northern Oklahoma... especially
around Enid and Ponca City early Thursday. Some light snow
accumulation may extend as far south and west as Oklahoma City...
Clinton... and Woodward. Increasingly blustery winds will result in
blowing snow and reduced visibility.

Hazardous winter weather will persist even after the precipitation
ends. A large mass of Arctic air... the coldest yet this
season... will overspread all of Oklahoma and western North Texas.
Wind chill temperatures may become dangerously low... especially
Thursday night and Friday. Air temperatures across northern Oklahoma
could remain near or below freezing for as long as three or four
days.