Mesonet Ticker for March 5, 2026

                
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More duds, please




Most of our severe weather riskiness this week has turned out very dud-ish thus
far, and that's a good thing. I've always said duds are great if they're of the
milk or severe weather variety.

Mmmmm, Milllllllkkkkk Duddddsssssss.

Quick Milk Duds trick: eat them with some ice...they turn into toffee!

Moving on...while we may have gotten lucky so far, especially in the rainfall
category,



our luck may run out with the severe category. Today's storms might have a bit
extra "oomph" to 'em, fueled by a return of Gulf moisture and a dryline. There
might be a bit of a capping inversion, but we should warm up enough and team that
with convergence along the dryline to initiate a few storms. Not a guarantee, of
course, but if those storms go up, they could quickly become severe and
produce a few isolated significant tornadoes, baseball size hail, and 75+ mph
winds, especially in those hatched areas in the top graphic. And remember, the
weather doesn't really care where we draw those lines, things could shift a
bit during settling so you have to stay abreast of any changes that might occur
to the forecast AND during the event today. So if you're ANYWHERE in those
colored areas on the maps, you should be alert to the possibility of severe
weather. And no, not just the enhanced areas.

Speaking of "oomph," tomorrow looks even oomphier with a significant severe
weather event possible.









Oh Friday, what are you doing??

Let's accept these next couple of days for what they really are, a chance for
rain wrapped around some severe weather.



It (severe weather) comes with the territory, and we need that rainfall.
Desperately, even, as drought continues across the entire state. Or at least
99.43% of it. That's the most drought we've seen in the state since Nov. 1,
2022.



Now wouldn't you rather eat 99.43% of your Milk Duds??

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

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