Ice, rain and sunshine: OKC weather could lead to slick roads Wednesday

Josh Dulaney, Oklahoman
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While the cold snap will continue through Wednesday in the metro area, forecasters expect a lull in precipitation Tuesday.

“Most of the sleet we had earlier is pushing off to the east, with some light freezing drizzle across central Oklahoma in the next hour or so,” Forrest Mitchell, observations program leader at the National Weather Service in Norman, said just before noon.

A thin layer of snow and ice covers a path Tuesday at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City.
A thin layer of snow and ice covers a path Tuesday at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City.

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Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority said crews continue to treat slick and hazardous conditions in a majority of counties in southern, southeastern, eastern and northeastern portions of the state from the Interstate 44 corridor to Arkansas.

Interstate 35 from Ardmore south to Texas is considered extremely slick and hazardous, and travel is discouraged, officials said. Interstate 40 from Shawnee east to the Arkansas state line is slick in spots.

Oklahoma City metro-area crews are staged to begin treating roads when anticipated precipitation moves back into the area.

Here comes the sun, but also more freezing rain

Mitchell said Oklahomans may see sunlight early Wednesday.

However, clouds will move in, with freezing rain and sleet starting in the afternoon and continuing throughout the day.

The weather service forecasts a slight chance of freezing rain and sleet between noon and 3 p.m., then a slight chance of sleet. Highs are expected to reach near 33 degrees.

This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC forecast: Wednesday road conditions could remain slick