MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019
Summer...yay??
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190620/friday-forecast-highs.png
No, we're not going to mention rain, or storms, or flooding, or anything else today! We're gonna talk...SUMMER! Most of you know the Ticker is famous for its love of summer, hatred of winter (just kidding, Braum's!!), and disdain of fall ending early and spring ending late. It's not a perfect world, and we'll admit that this summer is probably going to be unpleasant, thanks to the aforementioned thing we mentioned that we weren't going to mention.
We're also not going to be dropping in to see what condition our condition is in, but that's another story.
Let's get to the meat of the story. We're talking pressure cooked meat, not fried, which isn't really to our taste. The forecast for today and tomorrow has triple-digit temperatures showing up on the Mesonet for the first time since Talihina hit 100 degrees on Sept. 19, 2018.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190620/todays-forecast-highs.png
Now some of us have experienced summer already. Just yesterday the heat index rose to uncomfortable heights across southern Oklahoma. And for the record (that's sort of our job), the heat index has reached at least 100 degrees a total of 21 times on the Mesonet's 120 sites for the year thus far, topping out at 103 degrees on June 15 at Altus, Grandfield and Tipton, and again at Hugo yesterday.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190620/yesterdays-heat-index.png
I fear there is more of this to come. With all the moisture (NOTICE WE DIDN'T SAY RAIN! Ah, rats.) we've had thus far, and the inevitable bulk of summer to come...well, "steamy" just isn't a strong enough word for some of the upcoming nastiness. Any Okie worth his salt knows that the dewpoints normally shoot up in June and stay that way until mid-August.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190620/statewide.avg.maxdewpoints.png
Giving a heat index profile that turns July into a peak you DON'T want to climb.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190620/statewide.avg.heatindex.png
So here's our mea culpa. You can give your own youra culpa later. The Ticker likes DRY heat. We like that blast furnace heat that turns into pleasantly warm sunsets that are just enough to keep you comfortable as you step out of the pool. Or a pond. The pond is probably good for you. Or you can walk outside at 8:30 at night and not immediately start making your own gravy.
I don't think we're going to see much of that this summer. So save us a spot in the "we're ready for fall" contingent. We might be joining you shortly.
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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