00:00That would be the sound of exploding trees here in Minnesota and Wisconsin that could happen tonight as those temperatures drop below 20 below the temperature right now is minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Real field temperatures down around minus 40 this morning as there is some greater wind out here. But this is the Arctic air mass that is making possible that significant winter storm in the central and southern U.S. It's going to stretch from New Mexico and Texas all the way
00:29through the Carolina Piedmont. It looks like right now that Oklahoma City could get pasted by up over a foot and a half of snow. A lot of forecast model agreement on the main axis of snow setting up right along the I-40 corridor. Oklahoma City to Fort Smith up toward Fayetteville, Arkansas into southern Missouri and then along the Ohio River Valley maybe portions of Kentucky depending on the advancement of that warm nose. The precipitation type here depends on the prominence of the warm nose just above the ground and the depth of the sub freezing layer below it. If you have a
00:59more prominent warm nose, the more likely precipitation type is going to be pure freezing rain. If you have a less prominent warm nose, then you're likely going to be dealing with sleet. But right now the forecast sounding throughout the event in the Oklahoma City area looks like the profile is going to be below freezing, which could lead to some significant snowfall. But it's this very cold air mass, this Arctic air mass up here temperature right now minus 10 degrees. And I am listening for the sound of exploding trees tonight as I drive
01:29in Oklahoma. Looks like it's going to be hitting there right in my own backyard. Never stop chasing.
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