Will Oklahoma See An Early Fall This Year?

Trying to predict Oklahoma weather is like calling wolf. So earlier this month when a few Oklahoma meteorologists started predicting that fall was coming early, residents just rolled their eyes. Now that we've reached mid-August, more local meteorologists are also saying Oklahoma's weather pattern may soon make a dramatic shift. There are still a few meteorologists that believe August will continue to be hot, but residents are really hoping the early fall predictions come true.

On Friday, August 15, News 9 Chief Meteorologist David Payne issued his extended forecast on his official Facebook page. His forecast for the next week expects the first half to remain hot before a cold front arrives Wednesday dropping temperatures down five to 10 degrees.

Payne expects a second cold front to arrive somewhere around August 25 to 27 that could bring in daytime highs in the 70s and rain chances across the state.

Oklahoma residents encouraged to break out the sweaters and pumpkin spice.

Over the weekend, KFOR Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan officially stated "fall is coming early" on his official Facebook page. On Sunday, August 17, he started encouraging Oklahoma residents to get their pumpkin spice items ready and that the kickoff for fall will begin the weekend of August 30.

On Monday, he reassured Oklahoma residents that nothing has changed in the extended forecast. He even expects some Oklahoma residents will be wearing sweaters soon and taking blankets to their Friday night football games.

Some Oklahoma meteorologist are more skeptical about fall coming early.

While many Oklahoma meteorologists are sounding off a Code Orange for early fall, some are playing in safe, including KOCO Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane. On Sunday, Lane posted to his official Facebook page the extended outlook from the NOAA, which was not reflecting below average temperatures for Oklahoma.

He stated that a weather pattern shift would be coming to Oklahoma but not for the whole state. And this shift wouldn't be as dramatic as others are predicting, as daytime highs for northern half of Oklahoma were only expected to be near normal, which is typically upper 80s and lower 90s at this time of year.

However, Lane appeared to be less skeptical on Monday after he posted that "cooler temperatures are possible next week" in Oklahoma. He said it all depends on how much rain moves into the state.

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