SLOW MOVING STORM HEADED OUR WAY

MUCH NEEDED RAN ON THE WAY!

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Story Created: Apr 14, 2009 at 8:48 PM CST

Story Updated: Apr 14, 2009 at 8:48 PM CST

A large slow moving storm system will pay Texoma a visit on Thursday, into Friday. This low kind of looks "cut off." Meaning the main jet stream, which steers weather systems across the globe will lift north of this weather system, causing it to cut-off to the south. This means a very slow easterly movement is expected.

For us, this is good news. Because it will bring with it several waves of rain moving through, some of it heavy...

There's also the potential for a few strong storms. That parts a little more uncertain. Warm moist air is way south of us across the western Gulf of Mexico. Some of this is going to stream northward by Thursday and as the system slowly pivots towards us, rain and storms should break out. At this time, it looks like the early arrival of any storms could keep us from getting very unstable. That's the fuel storms need to grow and really become severe.

The winds throughout the atmosphere, however, are very favorable for rotating storms and if we did manage to get good instability, then tornadic storms could be a concern. We'll watch out for that, but at this time, the threat looks low. The air at cloud level will be rather cold, so a few storms could produce some hail.

The storms should come in waves. The first on Thursday with a second round moving in late Thursday night and early Friday. There could be a third wave perhaps on Friday afternoon.

Early indications show several inches of rain will be possible. I wouldn't be surprised if 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in some spots. We'll have more on that later in the week...

The system is a slow mover, but it looks like most of the rain will be gone by Saturday, making for a nice weekend.

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