Mesonet Ticker for May 5, 2026

                
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Cold and hungry




By the time you read this, it will be too late. No, not that you just wasted your
time actually reading it (although, point taken!), but the front might have
passed you already, and you're cold, hungry, and tired, not dressed appropriately
for the suddenly chilly air, and you didn't buy some Wolf Brand Chili to give
you a chili air, either.

Not THAT was a sentence! But yes, you can see that cold front with the screaming
northerly winds behind it across the state. It's not like it's winter behind it,
but it ain't what we saw yesterday either.



But once it passes, that point might be your high temperature for the day.



And that cool air will dominate tomorrow before transitioning to spring on
Thursday and right into summer for the weekend.







We do need to be on the lookout for severe weather today along that front as
it gets into SE OK where it will become a focal point for storms. Some of those
storms could be severe, and there's at least a low chance of tornadoes.









If you're north of there, I hope you wore a jacket!

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

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