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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... May 14, 2008 May 14, 2008 May 14, 2008 May 14, 2008 It's That Wonderful Time of the Year We are but 19 days from June 2nd, when the Ticker will turn ten years old. Ticker Day is a beautiful slice of Americana, when folks far and wide gather 'round to share obliquely useful climate and weather facts. Unfortunately, the Ticker Staff can't attend every town's Ticker Day parade, but they should be enjoyable nonetheless. Moisture, the great Moderator Ah, great moderators come and go: Howard Smith, Tim Russert, whatever. But one moderator has staying power: water vapor! A look at yesterday's highs and lows versus normal shows the impact of abundant or abandoned moisture: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20080514/tmindifs.20080513.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20080514/tmaxdifs.20080513.png (observed highs and lows as numerals, comparison to normal as the background color) Overnight/morning lows were somewhat warm, testifying to the moderating mode of moisture. Afternoon highs were held in check by cloud cover, except for an obvious stripe in central Oklahoma, which saw a brief period of clear skies and lower dew points yesterday.