Mesonet Ticker for March 3, 2026

                
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Spring is officially sprung




Friday?? Heck, we have to get by today, Wednesday, and Thursday first, for crying
out loud!











Here's kind of a summarizationification of our fun-filled (NOT) week of severe
weather.

*Tuesday: Marginal risk of severe storms across NW OK, most a hail threat.
*Wednesday: SE OK this time, Wednesday night into Thursday morning, there will
be a low-but-not-zero tornado threat, and hail/high winds.
*Thursday: Western OK this time, evening into the overnight, with all severe
hazards possible.
*Friday: Maybe the big day, that's why I singled it out. All modes of severe
weather possible. Seeing the 30% area on SPC's outlook 4 days out
gives me a bad feeling in an after-eating-at-Taco-Bell kind of way.

So all areas of the state are getting into the action, save for maybe the
far western Panhandle. That being the case, time to prepare those safety plans
should severe weather approach your area, to keep your and yours safe. Clean out
that cellar/storm shelter...you know those spiders have been comfortable for
too long.

How about the rain forecast? Still looking good, but I'll be darned (or worse)
if it seems like it's taking forever to get here.



There are more rain chances after that, but let's handle this batch first.

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

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