Forecast and Conditions for McAlester, Oklahoma

Updated: 4:44 PM CDT on July 10, 2009
Observed at Kinkead Hills, McAlester, Oklahoma
Temperature 97.3 °F
Humidity 49%
Dew Point 75 °F
Wind South at 2.0 mph
Pressure 29.92 in (Steady)
Conditions Clear
Visibility 10.0 miles
Clouds Clear (CLR) : -
Yesterday's Maximum 84.0 °F
Yesterday's Minimum 67.9 °F
Normal high 94 °F
Normal low 72 °F
Record high 105 °F (1954)
Record low 58 °F (1961)
Sunrise06:17 AM (CDT)
Sunset08:39 PM (CDT)
Moon Rise10:36 PM (CDT)
Moon Set09:14 AM (CDT)
Moon Phase
Excessive Heat Warning, Heat Advisory
Statement as of 3:21 PM CDT on July 10, 2009


... Heat advisory remains in effect until 7 am CDT Saturday...
... Excessive heat warning in effect from 7 am Saturday to 7 PM
CDT Tuesday...

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued an excessive
heat warning... which is in effect from 7 am Saturday to 7 PM CDT
Tuesday. The excessive heat watch is no longer in effect. For the
following counties...

In Arkansas...
Crawford... Franklin and Sebastian.

In Oklahoma...
Pushmataha... Choctaw... Osage... Washington... Nowata... Craig...
Pawnee... Tulsa... Rogers... Mayes... creek... Okfuskee... Okmulgee...
Wagoner... Cherokee... Muskogee... McIntosh... Sequoyah... Pittsburg...
Haskell... Latimer and Le Flore.

Hot and humid weather is expected across eastern Oklahoma and
portions of northwest Arkansas for the next several days as
high pressure aloft builds over the area. Afternoon heat index
values are expected to be in the 105 to 110 degree range with
overnight lows ranging from the mid 70s to lower 80s.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

An excessive heat warning means that a prolonged period of
dangerously hot temperatures will occur. The combination of hot
temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous
situation in which heat illnesses are likely. Drink plenty of
fluids... stay in an air-conditioned room... stay out of the sun...
and check up on relatives and neighbors.







Forecast as of 3:31 PM CDT on July 10, 2009

Heat advisory in effect until 7 am CDT Saturday...
Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 10 mph.
Saturday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Heat index readings 100 to 106 in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around 10 mph. Heat index readings 100 to 102 in the evening.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 100.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Friday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
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