Below-freezing temps, possible freezing rain headed to Oklahoma

Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Norman said Friday that temperatures will plummet this weekend across Oklahoma and that they are keeping watch as other storm systems approach the state.

While each storm potentially could bring badly needed moisture to the state, forecasts for frigid temperatures close to the ground suggests that moisture could arrive as freezing rain.

Forrest Mitchell, observations program leader at the National Weather Service in Norman, said Oklahomans can expect warm and breezy weather on Saturday before an artic front sweeps across the state overnight.

"We should be around 60 degrees Saturday, but just barely above freezing on Sunday. The important thing is, we expect temperatures will stay at or below freezing until Wednesday afternoon while these other systems come through."

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Mitchell said the first of those other disturbances will move across Oklahoma on Monday night. A second is expected Tuesday, while a third could cross the state Thursday.