Ticker for March 11, 2002

                
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Warm Air Invades ... from the North?

This afternoon's weather map shows a peculiar combination: northwestern
Oklahoma is simultaneously home to strong northerly winds and the
warmest air in the state:



Today's rapid frontal passage across western Oklahoma is associated
with a quickly intensifying surface low in west Texas.  However, the
front wasn't one of Mother Nature's most impressive to begin with, so
fairly clear skies in the west allowed a rapid modification behind the
wind shift.  Eastern Oklahoma had cloudy skies and even some precip,
which kept temps down: