5/3 – The Chief’s “Cloudy & Breezy” FriYay Morning Forecast

T-storm complexes will stay on the lee side of the Rockies this morning and have been for a while. Another weakening one is moving up from southern TX this morning with another area that is starting up this morning over the NW gulf. The weakening one will help with providing outflows to this new area of development today. This MCS type feature that develops eastward should collapse by late morning or around noon spreading a strong outflow in all directions over our area. This will help get other storms developing as well. But what it will do is move some moderate to strong winds (wake low) over the area again. At the moment, this looks to be in the neighborhood of up to 40 mph weakening with time. The problem today will be cloud cover.

Saturday on the other hand, will show a bit less activity for our area, this will be due to a cold front moving south from the high plains causing things to flow northward. Sunday will see this front to the north stall quick over Oklahoma and Arkansas with a surface low and attendant front move along it dropping another weakness into the gulf south. This will help gets sh/ts activate once again. This front gets sent back north Monday and remains well north through mid-week.