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Zombie summer
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/zombie-summer.png
Oh, we've tried to kill it several times...back in August, several times in September thus far. BUT IT KEEPS COMING BACK! Yes, we're talking about summer. Look, I like summer. I like 71 degrees when I leave in the morning. I like 83 degrees at 8:30pm (when it's still light out). But make up your mind, Mother Nature! Can you blame us? I froze my tail off this morning (Note: I don't have a tail, and I can be a bit dramatic).
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/todays-lows.png
53 degrees in Norman? Uhhhh, BRRRR!! (remember, DRAMA)
But look what's coming for the next few days.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/thursday-forecast-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/friday-forecast-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/saturday-forecast-highs.png
And that doesn't look to change too much over the next week or so.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/sept18-22-temp-outlook.gif
Heck, we even have ozone alerts for the OKC and Tulsa metro areas. That's pure summer stuff right there.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/nws-tulsa-ozone.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/nws-norman-ozone.png
There is some rain in the forecast with some sort of weak front type thing going on this weekend.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170913/7day-rain-forecast.gif
This is an odd thing to say, but that front is pretty wimpy, not like our good August fronts. And here's a couple of editorial comments from your friendly, dramatic State Climatologist.
That rain forecast is too optimistic, and the forecast high temperature maps for the next couple of days are too low, especially for western Oklahoma. Expect to see a flurry of triple-digits out west.
As far as other flurries...give it a few months. If summer would ever die.
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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