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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... March 15, 2010 March 15, 2010 March 15, 2010 March 15, 2010 Et tu, March? Well, the ides of March are upon us and I'm still patiently awaiting my first 80-degree temperature. We did hit 75 degrees at the Waurika Mesonet site on the ninth, but I'm neither at Waurika nor is it the ninth. For those wondering (i.e., masochists), the low temperature for the month thus far was 18 degrees at Cookson on the third. Temperatures have been fairly close to normal for the most part. Unfortunately it's a continuation of the same problem (it's my Ticker, I get to declare it a problem!) we've had for much of the winter with high temperatures being below normal and the low temperatures being more moderate. For March thus far, the statewide average high temperature was 58.3 degrees, 2 degrees below normal, while the average low was 2.2 degrees above normal at 36.7 degrees. That equals an average high temperature of 47.5 degrees, which is 0.1 degrees above normal. Now personally I'd prefer those two anomalies to be switched. And while were at it, take 5 degrees from petty cash and add it to those highs. But despite promises of temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s in the coming days, the longer-range outlooks from the CPC show us with above-normal chances at below-normal temperatures for the 6-10 day period: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100315/610temp.new.gif For brevity's sake, let's just blame the Arctic Oscillation again, since it's a much more convenient scapegoat than the below normal 500-HPA heights and active EL NINO SUB-TROPICAL JET STREAM(!!): http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100315/ao.sprd2.gif At least the chances of normal or above-normal temperatures even out as we close out the month, based upon the 8-14 day outlook: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100315/814temp.new.gif Now if somebody would kindly remove this knife from my back I'll get back to cleaning my toga and frowning at all those 40s in western Oklahoma. Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253
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