Mesonet Ticker for September 29, 2026

                
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(Water) Ski Black Mesa?




Wait, so Boise City leads the state in rainfall over the last 60 days? At least by
the rain gauge?

Very strange. Very strange indeed. Uncommon? Yes. Rare? Of course.

Never happened before? Still looking.

Answering my own questions? Maybe.

Annoying? Yes.

Take a look at these departure and pct. of normal maps. The western Panhandle is
one of the few places with an actual surplus over that period.





That's what happens when the High Plains gets caught up in the Desert Southwest
monsoon. I'd like to get caught up in the DESSERT Southwest monsoon...a monsoon
of DQ Oreo Blizzards sounds pretty good right now, ngl!

While the Panhandle has seen their 45th-wettest last 60 days on record, the rest
of the state has been suffering through their 4th-driest. And for southeast
Oklahoma, the DRIEST on record.



And check out the 30-day map...same thing. Kenton takes the prize on this map.





360% of normal? You trying to go "time is a flat circle" on us, Kenton? Even
NW OK pops out with some nice surplus moisture on the 30-day map.

And there's lots of rain possible out that way over the next couple of days.
Heck, it's raining out there right now, for crying out loud!



Just look at that moisture plume stretching all the way down to where Hurricane
Polo is making landfall in the Gulf of California.



The interaction between Polo and the big upper-level trough to the west headed
our way is still a bit complicated, to say the least, but the forecast rainfall
totals are starting to hint and a two-pronged attack over the state, with
heavier totals out in the Panhandle, and then somewhere around the I44 corridor
to the south and east.



How crazy is this setup? All of New Mexico (and our western Panhandle and parts
of south central OK) are in a flash flood watch!



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

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