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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 21, 2018 June 21, 2018 June 21, 2018 June 21, 2018 Yukon? WeCan! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/Welcome-Yukon.png Before we get to all that nasty drought business, let us officially welcome Yukon America to the official list of Oklahoma Mesonet sites! Home to the Millers (and the Johnsons, and the Smiths, and various other families...I shan't list them all here for lack of space and census info), the Yukon site is fills an important need for that densely populated area between El Reno and our OKC East and Spencer sites. The site is officially located 2 miles north of Yukon in Canadian County, and was commissioned on June 18, 2018. So here's a snapshot of the ENTIRETY of the Yukon Mesonet site (YUKO) since it's inception. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/Yukon_meteogram_3d_06_21_18.png If you want to visit the site to take a look...don't. Just leave it alone. It hasn't done anything to you, has it? That brings the Mesonet station total to 120. Here's a look at our newest site map. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/MesonetSiteLocations.pdf Now, onto drought. It's rather fitting that our newest site has yet to measure a single drop of rain. There are some other locations that haven't had much in nearly 9 months! Thus, the reason for the continued nasty colors across western OK on the latest Drought Monitor map. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/20180619_OK_trd.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/1week-DM-change.png Notice on the latest change map that we've had quite a bit of change over the last week. One note of importance is the increase in drought across the far southeast. Luckily, that area received a good dose of rain over the last couple of days, so maybe there's some hope for improvement in that area. And the last 7 days indicates the reason for the various changes in drought fortune. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/24hour-rain-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/7day-rain-totals.png Onto the forecasts and outlooks. We'll have periodic chances for rain over the next week or so, with best chances coming on Friday and Saturday. Storm complexes should form to the west and march to the east/southeast across the state, especially across northern parts of Oklahoma. The 7-day rain forecast shows hope! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/7day-rain-forecast.gif How about farther out? Hard to say for sure, but the Climate Prediction Center sees increased odds of warmer than normal July AND July-September periods. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/july-temp-outlook.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/july-sept-temp-outlook.gif For precip, we have less-than-certain uncertainty. The extreme SE corner of the state looks drier than normal for both periods, but we see equal odds of above-, below- and near-normal precip to the northwest of that area. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/july-precip-outlook.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/july-sept-precip-outlook.gif Take that altogether, add in where drought exists NOW, and what will it look like at the end of September, at least according to the Seasonal Drought Outlook from CPC? Well, they see drought improving or being removed across all for the southwestern quarter of the state. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180621/season_drought.png So a mixed bag of fortunes in those outlooks. Much of it is actually based off of what is expected to fall in the next week, then add in climatology. So we really need a good start with some decent rain over the weekend. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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