Snow, Ice, Rain, and Tornadoes in the Long Range Oklahoma Forecast

While the country is focused on the Gulf Coast snow, Oklahoma is gearing up for the next few rounds of unpredictable weather. The weather services are pulling out all the stops, it might get a little wild.

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The rest of January.

Meteorologists across Oklahoma are slowly focusing on this weekend through the end of the month as far as snow and ice goes.

Rain is in the short-term forecast, especially with warm daily highs, but the below-freezing overnight lows might make for a few slick mornings over the weekend.

Next week.

While we'll all enjoy the warm afternoons for the time, several weather outlets keep using the term "weather pattern shift" for next week.

While it's pretty far out for predicting weather in Oklahoma, there's a little bit of confidence behind an old fashioned Sooner State ice storm.

The shift to an early spring.

You know, February is usually the most brutally cold month in Oklahoma. It's the point at which the cold Arctic air has the most momentum in to the Great Plains. At the same time, the warm and moist pressure systems also start building momentum in the Gulf. It usually adds up to some impressive February and March snow storms.

Half of Oklahoma's biggest snow storms happened in March,
keep scrolling to see the full list below.

With the mixture of cold fronts and Gulf moisture on a few of the long-term forecast models, some are predicting February to be an early start of spring in Oklahoma, complete with severe thunderstorms and a likelihood of tornadoes.

In just the right conditions, perhaps an ultra-rare snownado.

Farmer's Almanac is predicting lots of rain and frigid temperatures... Time will tell of those two metrics mix to create a classic February blizzard.

What to believe.

Truth be told, severe weather and tornadoes in February is a little hard to choke down, but we've had 90° days that time of year in the past.

Oklahoma had 13 tornadoes in February 2023, and 64 in that month since 1950. Can't say it would be impossible, but entirely likely at this point.

Of course, it could just be a little old fashioned meteorological sensationalizing. With everyone already on edge for snow and ice, this could just be a means to get every page click out of Oklahoma they can before everything mellows and turns green for a month or two.

It could also just be a case of our weather nerds (used in a positive way) getting a little excited at the vast possibilities, and doing their absolute best to keep people informed... but a betting man should put money on page clicks.