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OKLAHOMA · MCCLAIN COUNTY

Byars

204 people, 1,030 ft above sea level in McClain County.

1,030 ftElevation, city center
204People, 2024 estimate
2 sq miLand area
Sunny 57°
Sunny now Dew point 36° · ESE 9 mph · high 56°
City of Byars River Interstate 2 miles
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The Byars plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Byars

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Ada Municipal Airport (KADH) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
57° Sunny Feels like 57° · high of 56° near 1 PM
WindESE 9 mphgusts 20
Humidity44%falling to 42% this afternoon
Pressure30.14 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 36° · Dry45° by Sunday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Tonight, around midnightin about 10 hours · 95% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.13 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for McClain County
NWS Norman and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:01 AM5:24 PM ↓
10 h 22 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
34
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 50, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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95% · 0.72 in Sunday afternoon 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 33 to 45° More humid: 42° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 39°
30% rain — SE 12 A
SUN Nov. 15 Showers likely; cooler Showers likely; cooler
46° 39°
100% rain 0.8–1.4″ ESE 10 A
MON Nov. 16 Chance of showers; warmer Chance of showers; warmer
57° 37°
50% rain — ENE 3 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
61° 42°
0% rain — SSE 6 A
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
63° 52°
40% rain — SSE 8 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
67° 55°
20% rain — SSE 6 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
70° 57°
40% rain up to 0.2″ SSE 12 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Byars about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Plains three days ago, and over the Ozarks a day ago, about 800 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Rockies. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Byars stands on

Byars’s center stands about 1,030 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 940 ft to 1,120 ft, a difference of 180 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Terrace Deposits (coarse-detrital, fine-detrital), from the Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Byars, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
1,000 ft1,100 ft BYARS1,030 ftHigh point of the line1,170 ftCanadian Riverabout 940 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Terrace Deposits

Coarse-detrital, fine-detrital. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Wellington Formation

Shale, sandstone, conglomerate. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Oscar Group

Shale, sandstone, limestone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Garber Sandstone

Sandstone, conglomerate. Age: Permian, 252 to 299 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Fine-detrital. Age: Holocene, less than 12,000 years old. About 3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Byars’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Byars reaches the Gulf of America by way of East Peavine Creek, Peavine Creek, the Washita, the Red River, the Atchafalaya and the Lower Atchafalaya: about 960 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Byars≈ 960 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF BYARS ≈ 960 mi to the Gulf of America East Peavine Creek → Peavine Creek → Washita → Red River → Atchafalaya → Lower Atchafalaya

680 miles of the trip are on the Red River.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Byars; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Byars on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Norman OK · 30 MI 30 miles northwest Moore OK · 39 MI 39 miles northwest Oklahoma City OK · 49 MI 49 miles northwest Tulsa OK · 108 MI 108 miles northeast Dallas TX · 144 MI 144 miles south Fort Worth TX · 145 MI 145 miles south
FORECASTCITY
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OKLAHOMA · MCCLAIN

Byars

204 people, 1,030 ft above sea level in McClain County.

1,030 ftElevation
204People
2 sq miLand
Sunny 57°
SunnyDew point 36°
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Today in Byars

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 56° 0%
4p mostly cloudy day 56° 1%
7p mostly cloudy night 49° 14%
10p mostly cloudy night 46° 29%
1a rain 43° 30%
4a rain 42° 72%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINTonight around midnight · 95%
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Sat30%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
39
56
A
Sun100%
Showers likely; cooler Showers likely; cooler
39
46
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Mon50%
Chance of showers; warmer Chance of showers; warmer
37
57
B
Tue0%
Sunny Sunny
42
61
A
Wed40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
52
63
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Thu20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
55
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Fri40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Byars stands on

Byars’s center stands about 1,030 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 940 ft to 1,120 ft, a difference of 180 ft: gently rolling country.

Byars, south to north Byars1,030 ftHigh point1,170 ftCanadian Riverabout 940 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,030 ft
Within 3 miles940 to 1,120 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (180 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceTerrace Deposits
Its agePleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 960 mito the Gulf of AmericaEast Peavine Creek → Peavine Creek → Washita → Red River → Atchafalaya → Lower Atchafalaya

A raindrop that lands in Byars reaches the Gulf of America by way of East Peavine Creek, Peavine Creek, the Washita, the Red River, the Atchafalaya and the Lower Atchafalaya: about 960 river miles.

680 miles of the trip are on the Red River.