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 Friday, November 13 at 4:58 AM CST.

Messages

Frost/freeze headlines remain in effect through Friday morning. Frost/freeze expected again Saturday morning in many locations.

Rain chances return late Saturday night and Sunday.

Short Term

(Through Friday) Issued at 1034 PM CST Thu Nov 12 2026

Temperatures near or below freezing in some places Friday morning will warm into the 50s during the afternoon, with some 60 degree readings expected in far southeast Oklahoma. Winds will be from the north at less than 10 miles an hour.

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