Mesonet Ticker for May 5, 2025

                
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Roar and whatnot




If the last month (remember, 10.6 trillion gallons of water, flooding, soggy
Pop-Tarts, permanent wet dog smell?) is any indication, that gorilla's getting
wet, folks! The rain starts tonight and continues on through the week. We'll see
chances for some strong-to-severe storms, but not bigtime May severe weather
like we've seen in the past.







That's more like June than May, which probably means July will be more like
June, and that's fine until September is like August, and even worse when October
is like September. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Well...myself.

Given our saturated soils, we see yet another big flash flood watch across the
SW two-thirds of the state, but really anywhere could see flooding.



We really need those rains to hit up in the Panhandle and far NW OK, though,
because believe it or not, and listen to me now but believe me later, they're
still in deficit even after the wettest April on record for Oklahoma.



Now, the saddest news of all (other than the soggy Pop-Tarts remark): I see
no high temperatures above 80 degrees for the 7 days.

It's time to let the gorilla win.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu
                

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