Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Southern Winter Storm; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air is encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the United States. A major winter storm is bringing heavy snow as well as areas of sleet and freezing rain from south Texas through the eastern Carolinas. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical to Extremely Critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Read More >

Rick Smith
Warning Coordination Meteorologist

Rick Smith is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Norman Forecast Office. He manages NWS Norman’s hazardous weather preparedness, outreach and education activities for the office’s 56 county area of responsibility. Rick and the NWS Norman staff work closely with the media, emergency managers and other state, county, tribal and local government officials to ensure that communities in central and western Oklahoma and western north Texas are ready when hazardous weather threatens.

Rick has been a meteorologist with the National Weather Service since 1992, working at offices in Memphis, Tennessee, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Fort Worth, Texas before coming to Norman in 2002.

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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Southern Winter Storm; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

NWS Norman, OK - Employee Biography