Lawton is home to Fort Sill, which also gives us most of the population. The town is in the southwest part of the state, which leaves it in a dryer patch of land this late in the summer.
At 353PM, CT, Lawton was reporting overcast skies with a temperature of 77 degrees. Dew points were also in the upper 60s, making for a rather soupy afternoon. The tail of a cool front was triggering some thunderstorms in Texas, and westerly flow over the Rockies was contributing to a particularly vigorous dry line, leading to severe weather in the Colorado Plains. All the while, an upper level ridge is keeping Oklahoma dry, if a bit on the cloudy side.
As the upper level jet streak shifts further to the east, it will weaken greatly. The dry line will press east as well, but without as much momentum. The threat of showers and storms will arrive in southern Oklahoma on Sunday morning. The associated boundary will continue to weaken, and there won’t be any organized shower activity. As the afternoon wears on, the threat will lessen as the former dry line mixes out. The extra clouds will keep temperatures moderated.
Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy, High 80, Low 69
Sunday – Scattered showers, mostly cloudy, High 84, Low 68
TWC: Tomorrow – Isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then cloudy skies late High 80, Low 68
Sunday – Showers in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. High 85, Low 69
AW: Tomorrow – Humid with a shower in places; cloudy in the morning, then intervals of clouds and sunshine in the afternoon High 81, Low 69
Sunday – Humid with sun and some clouds; a thunderstorm in the afternoon High 86, Low 69
NWS: Tomorrow – A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Mostly cloudy, High 81, Low 68
Sunday – A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy High 83, Low 69
WB: Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms High 78, Low 69
Sunday – Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 79, Low 69
WN – Tomorrow – Partly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, High 80, Low 64
Sunday – Mostly cloudy scattered showers and chance of storms, High 83, Low 68
CLI: Tomorrow – Thunderstorm, High 79, Low 67
Sunday – Light rain showers, High 84, Low 69
It looks like a pretty good holiday weekend is coming up for southwest Oklahoma. Spots of rain, but temperatures are manageable. Not so bad on satellite this afternoon.

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