Mesonet Ticker for September 14, 2026

                
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Noooooooooo




Stop me if you've heard this one before: What if "Dancing With the Stars" was
actually "Dancing With the Cars?"

No?

Well how about this one: "Hey, there's a chance of a big pattern change 7-8 days
from now!"

And that would bring us maybe possibly NEAR- or BELOW-normal temperatures? Well,
the forecast model data is trying to coalesce into that conclusion, but it just
ain't getting there just yet. But what we have so far is heat, and lots of it,
for the work week, then maybe a bit of a cool down (but still above normal) for
the weekend, then maybe 70s and 80s for early next week.







Lot's of uncertainty still, but someday...SOMEDAY.

More certain is a cold front flirting with far NW OK tomorrow before stalling
out and dissipating. That will bring a bit of a cooldown for there and the
Panhandle, and some rain chances.



To get those rain amounts to go up, we have to extend that forecast into early
next week with that possible pattern change. My only caution remains that it
doesn't rain during droughts. That's how droughts work.



To be Frank (better than Gary!), I think next week's cooldown is gonna happen.
I also think it will be short lived and the heat will come back fairly soon
thereafter. I don't know how we don't (DOUBLE-NEGATIVE ALERT!) end up with the
warmest September on record, challenging September 1931's avg. temp of 80.1F.
Our average through yesterday is 86.8F, and we have a week of hunnerts still
to come.

Heck, our average high temp is 100.2F, for crying out loud! That's 12 above
normal and puts us ahead of September 1939's record of 95.2F as well.

Keep your eye on next week's forecast, though. If we can get withing 3-5
days of consistently seeing that pattern change, maybe we can break out the
Wolf Brand Chili (WITH BEANS...fight me!) and whatever pumpkin spice nonsense
you favor.

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

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