A stormy Sunday and more chances for storms mid-week

(TULSA, Okla.) It was a warm and breezy day ahead of the approaching cold front, which will be moving into northeast Oklahoma over the next couple of hours. Timing remains consistent with the front clearing northwest Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma by late evening. 

Storms are expected to develop along the front by mid to late afternoon Sunday with highest chances across far northeast Oklahoma and spreading through far northwest Arkansas with the frontal passage. Sufficient instability and shear profiles will support a risk of severe storms. Any pre-frontal storms or storms which can outpace the advancing the front will have the highest potential of more significant severe weather. The passage of the front will mark the end of the severe weather threat for any specific location.

The vigorous storm system impacting northern California Sunday will rapidly dig across the desert Southwest through the early part of the work week, impacting the area through the middle part of the week. 

Shower and thunderstorm chances will begin to increase Tuesday night into Wednesday with widespread rainfall expected in the 1-to-2-inch range. Lighter wrap-around precipitation could linger through much of the day Thursday with cool and breezy conditions persisting into Friday as large scale upper low moves across the southeast continental United States.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night

Clear, with a low around 54. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday

A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night

Clear, with a low around 44. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.