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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... November 17, 2009 November 17, 2009 November 17, 2009 November 17, 2009 Frigid Ticker News -- Freeze watch is on, and a new (now old) state snow record! With a freeze warning currently in effect for the western half of Oklahoma http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=oun&wwa=freeze%20warning there's not a finer place to watch the excitement of liquid water turning to ice than our own Oklahoma Mesonet pages. You can see the hours spent below freezing across the state in the previous 48 hours on our aptly named "Hours below freezing in last 48 hours" product here: http://www.mesonet.org//data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/cumulative.freeze.48hr.gif?1258483833 That map will also show you the lowest temperature reached at each Mesonet site during that time period. *****New 24-hour snow record for Oklahoma***** The State Climate Extremes Committee declared the 26.0 inches of snow recorded by the Woodward and Freedom National Weather Service (NWS) cooperative observing sites during the March 27-28 blizzard in northwestern Oklahoma a new all-time 24-hr state snow fall record. The State Climate Extremes Committee consisted of climate experts from the NWS forecast offices in Amarillo and Norman, NWS Southern Region Headquarters, the Associate State Climatologist for the State of Oklahoma, and climatologists from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center and the Southern Regional Climate Center. Arguably the greatest springtime blizzard in living memory for the northwestern regions and the eastern panhandle of Oklahoma occurred on the 27th of March, 2009, carrying into the morning hours of the 28th. The storm system contained heavy snow bands and significant convective activity that included hail and thunder snow in places. Reports of over 20 inches of snow fall were received from numerous locations throughout the area, and several reported over 24 inches (the existing state record 24‐hr snow fall for Oklahoma is 23.0 inches, set at Buffalo on 21 February 1971). An unofficial report of 27.0 inches was also received from a private citizen in Slapout. Springtime snows can be significant in Oklahoma. In fact, research conducted by Meteorologist Mike Branick of the Norman NWS Forecast Office found that the best place and time to experience a heavy snow fall event (16 inches or more) is in the Panhandle during March. You can read more about Mike Branick's heavy snow climatology here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/climate/heavysnow/ Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253
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