Cold Front Arrives; Chances For Freeze In Northern Okla.

A strong cold front arrived Thursday night, and we will feel the impacts all Friday long. Drizzle will push through during the morning hours. Wind chills start in the 20s as winds gust over 30 mph. Through the day, winds will slowly relax. Lunchtime tempe

Friday, April 17th 2020, 2:48 am

By: Lacey Swope

A strong cold front arrived Thursday night, and we will feel the impacts all Friday long.

Drizzle will push through during the morning hours. Wind chills start in the 20s as winds gust over 30 mph.

Through the day, winds will slowly relax. Lunchtime temperatures will only be in the mid 40s.

Highs Friday will climb into the mid 50s. That is about 20 degrees below normal for mid-April.

Look for partly cloudy skies in the afternoon.

Friday night there will be another freeze in northern Oklahoma with patchy frost across most of the state.

Lows at night will drop into the mid 30s.

Saturday highs will rebound into the mid 60s with a 20% chance of isolated showers.

Lacey Swope

Meteorologist Lacey Swope is an Okie through and through, having grown up in the small town of Kiefer. She joined the News 9 weather team in 2011, and you can catch her forecasts weekday mornings on News 9 This Morning and on News 9 at 9a. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Lacey wanted to become a meteorologist to study the atmosphere every day and share her passion for weather with others.

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