Plaincast — the National Weather Service forecast, decoded into plain English

Plaincast decodes the National Weather Service's Area Forecast Discussion — the real forecast, written 3 to 4 times a day by the meteorologist on shift — into plain English. The discussion is where a forecaster explains their reasoning: which models disagree, what they are watching, and how confident they are. Below is the current edition for Tulsa, with its shorthand expanded. The full experience — an AI plain-English summary beside the annotated original — loads with JavaScript, and every one of the 68 forecast offices has its own edition.

Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service Tulsa (TSA) · issued Saturday, October 24 at 11:40 AM CDT.

Messages

Above average high temperatures and predominantly dry weather will continue through early next week.

A slight chance of showers arrives Tuesday, with higher rain chances into next weekend.

Short Term

(Through tonight ) Issued at 1130 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

High pressure remains centered just east of the area, with warm southerly flow in place. High temperatures will remain will above normal, mainly in the low 80s. High clouds will stream into the area downwind of a storm system stalled across the Desert Southwest, but no rainfall will occur.

Overnight tonight we will see quiet conditions continue, with low temperatures mainly in the low 50s with a few high clouds.

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