Just before Labor Day weekend kicks off, Oklahoma is staring down multiple days of rainy weather that could dash some outdoor vacation plans.
Meteorologists expect the chance of rain to persist through the weekend, but the long-range forecast hasn't nailed down exactly what Oklahomans can expect to see from Mother Nature.
At the very least, be prepared for a soggy and slightly cool holiday.
Oklahoma City weather forecast
Monday, Aug. 25: 73 degrees, locally heavy rainfall and flooding
Tuesday: 73 degrees, locally heavy rainfall and flooding
Wednesday: 83 degrees, warmer with a chance of storms
Thursday: 87 degrees, chance of storms
Friday: 75, cooler with chance of storms
Saturday: 79, chance of storms
Sunday: 80, chance of storms
OKC, Tulsa live weather radar
Temperatures rebound after rainy cold front
High daily temperatures in Oklahoma City are expected to remain in the low 70s on Monday and Tuesday as a weather pattern sweeps rain showers across the state.
Overnight temperatures are expected to dip into the low 60s.
It's still August, though, so the sun will come bearing down again. During the latter half of the week, forecasters expect temperatures to rise again before a second cool front arrives. The NWS said daily temperatures will be heavily influenced by cloud cover and rainfall.
The best chance for rain and cool temperatures this week will be in northern and central Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's Labor Day weekend could get rained on
Looking ahead in the National Weather Service long-range forecast, most areas of western and central Oklahoma will have at least a slight chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.
Temperatures during the weekend are expected to remain in the high 70s or low 80s, according to forecasters. That's still lower than usual, however. During this time of year, it usually reaches 90 degrees during the afternoon.
If it rains, it won't be raining everywhere, though. Forecasters expect to see a "roller coaster" of weather patterns that will lead to several rounds of showers and storms with the possibility for locally heavy flooding.
Record lows possible elsewhere in U.S.
Nationally, meteorologists have warned about flash flooding in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The concern persists through Wednesday.
"Swaths of heavy rain each day are expected to increase soil saturation over time, making areas increasingly sensitive to further heavy rainfall," the NWS Weather Prediction Center said.
The cooldown expereinced in Oklahoma is part of a larger trend east of the Rockies and north of the Gulf Coast where large swaths of the country will see below average temperatures. The feeling, said NWS, is that temps will be morereminiscent of early fall than late summer.
Record low temperatures could hit parts of the Midwest, but not in Oklahoma.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Heavy rain, flooding in Oklahoma this week: Will it rain on Labor Day?
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