Mesonet Ticker for September 28, 2026

                
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Drought nail #1?




I told you last Friday how precarious this scenario is as far as how things need
to sync up just right to maximize the rainfall potential between our upper-level
trough coming in from the west and the remnants of Hurricane Polo coming in
from the southwest, and while only three people actually read the Ticker, darned
if Mother Nature went ahead and precarioused it!

So how things are setting up as of now, and this will likely shift around,
transmogrify, and morph into a different setup either subtly or enormously, and
whilst I could keep talking and make a mockery of things (I mean, it IS the
Ticker!), why not just show you a nice graphic from our friends over at the
Norman NWS office? Hmmmm?



And much like lunch at a Mexican restaurant, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SETUP! Yeah,
copious amounts of moisture AND queso better be showing up at this table.
Unfortunately, in this dry slot scenario, there will also be a chance of severe
tortillas...I mean weather, as we look ahead to Wednesday.



It's been so long since we've head a setup like this, even though it is slight,
that I'm tempted to go into the fetal position and start munching on Cherry Pop-
Tarts, because all modes of severe weather MIGHT be possible.

And flooding could obviously be one of those hazards.







One thing we do know is that the rain and clouds and the eventual cold front
that helps focus things WILL bring us back down to Autumnal temperatures for
at least a few days during the latter half of the week.





Beware:60s for highs and 40s for lows have entered the forecast chat!





We deserve a bit of fall, and the rain.

And complimentary sopaipillas.

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

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