Mesonet Ticker for December 11, 2025

                
MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ...
December 11, 2025  December 11, 2025  December 11, 2025  December 11, 2025


Brown Christmas




Well that about does it for our white Christmas hopes this year. Heck, we'll be
lucky if it isn't in the 70s!



Or maybe lucky if it is? Remember, it'll probably be in the 100s in Australia, so
put another rack of ribs on the barbie and you do you. It's okay to be
disappointed with the lack of snow, it's in our climatic DNA, after all.



Fake silver lining time:

Besides, you didn't want to drive in it anyway, right? You'd love the look of
the snow alright, right up until the point you slid off into the ditch going to
Grandma's house. And what's up with Grandma, anyway? We're not fooled by that
shawl and 15 year old hard candy in that dish, those seashell-shaped soaps by
the bathroom sink, OR those Dollar Tree gifts! What are you playing at, lady!?!

Sorry, that was my brownish-yellow Christmas disappointment making me say that.
We can quit worrying about snow and just go back to worrying about any moisture
in general as we're currently working on another dry spell approaching the
3-week point (and longer in some locations).



With the lack of rain going back even further.





We even managed to add some more color to the Drought Monitor map this week.





No help in the short-term (below), or long-term (top graphic).



So in general (and lieutenant), it's gonna be warm and dry, save for a few dry
cold fronts here and there, which will only kick up the winds AND those wind
chills. Like Saturday and Sunday, with quick recovery on Monday.









Hmmmm, maybe those 70s aren't so bad!

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

---