Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Drought, And Heat For Oklahoma

The weather during an Oklahoma spring is generally agreed upon between weather outlets, but meteorologists don't seem to agree on the seven-day outlook across the Sooner State.

Here's how it normally works. The National Weather Service issues their predictions overall, then your local meteorologists dig a little deeper to localize it for your area. Some parts of the state are in for rain, and others aren't, but what do you believe when there are two polar opposite forecasts?

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This isn't the first time meteorologists hedge their bets against the "other guy," and it won't be the last, but the next storm system predicted to come through Oklahoma next weekend will be either feast or famine.

The Wild Forecast.

A little wind along a front is expected today (Sunday, March 23rd) and little to nothing throughout the next week. Above-average warming temperatures as we roll through the week and rain by the weekend.

Just about every weather outlet is showing increasing odds of rain on Friday and storms through next weekend. There is a little bit of quiet talk about hail and tornado potential thus far, but a week out it might as well be a 2026 forecast. So much can and will change.

The National Weather Service, Accuweather, Weather Channel, OKC's KOCO and News9 all agree on this.

The forecast gets even heavier the following week beyond next Sunday.

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The Other Forecast.

There are a few weather outlets predicting a completely opposite scenario for Oklahoma. Less rain, more heat, a practical flash drought.

This would be just as bad as a tornado outbreak. The Sooner State is already a dry tinderbox of wildfire risk. Rain brings a flush of spring green, and spring green has a very hard time burning.

It's not the first time meteorologists have been at odds over the forecast. We've seen this play out time and time again, though, by the time something does or doesn't happen as predicted, everyone has forgotten all about the early predictions.

If anything else, this is probably a good place for a reminder... Nobody really knows what the weather is going to do. Predictions are just that, predictions. If things come true, we all thank the meteorologists for nailing it. If it's wrong, we're all thankful nothing bad happened.

Predicting the weather is on the same level as predicting the future. Nobody really knows but everybody has an opinion.

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