CHILLY!

With a 1035mb High stamped almost directly on top of us, the clouds cleared out, the wind went calm and temperatures plummeted! Tahlequah, OK takes the honors of the coldest spot this morning... 12F. Yikes! Even Fayatteville bottomed out in the lower teens with a chilly 14F. Elsewhere, upper teens and lower 20s were common.

In the immediate future, our eyes will be on a system to the west which looks to bring the threat of some wintry weather, possibly in the form of sleet and freezing rain for a few hours on early Sunday morning. If we're clear for long enough Saturday night, we'll cool and that will leave a shallow layer of cold air to intercept the precipitation from the system. Depending on the depth of this layer,we could be looking at possibly a little light snow at the onset, but more likely some sleet going over to freezing rain before switching over to just a cold rain as the atmosphere warms up above freezing. This is tricky forecasting... we'll be monitoring developments closely as well adjusting the timing as the system gets closer. Be sure to catch the latest with Drew tonight at 6 and 10 PM.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 5:50 AM