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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 Snow City http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/laverne-snow.jpg Dec. 2-3, 2020, Snow Totals -***- Location County Snow Total Buffalo Harper 15.0 Gage Ellis 14.0 Laverne Harper 14.0 Gate Beaver 12.0 Tangier Woodward 11.0 Shattuck Ellis 7.0 Woodward Woodward 6.5 Slapout Beaver 6.0 Fort Supply Woodward 6.0 Forgan Beaver 5.0 Turpin Beaver 4.0 Vici Dewey 4.0 Mooreland Woodward 3.8 Alva Woods 3.0 Waynoka Woods 1.0 -****- Note: These are from preliminary storm reports as shown by the local NWS offices. The 15-inch total at Buffalo was from a trained spotter, while the official NWS Cooperative Observer at Buffalo reported 14 inches. Snow could have melted or continued accumulating after each of these totals were reported, so they should be considered preliminary. That being said... B-U-F-F-A-L-O, BUFFALO BUFFALO GO GO GO!! (In the event a late report comes in topping this, I disavow any connection to Buffalo, since they probably disavowed me first). Yeah, I haven't forgotten. My hair has, and my bones, but not my brain. I can remember way back when and...uh, what we're we talking about? Oh yeah, snow. This event that dumped up to 15 inches on my hometown of Buffalo, OK, darned near became the early snowstorm of record for the state for this early in the season. We couldn't top the Thanksgiving week storm of 1992, which dumped from 18-22 inches across far NW OK on Nov. 24-25. I remember that storm pretty well because I was trying to make it home for Thanksgiving and had to get pushed up a hill south of Buffalo by an ODOT truck. Rest of the way was downhill, so I was okay. Thanks for asking. Gate, OK, led the way with that 22 inches. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/nov24-25.1992.snow.totals.png Then there was the 10-20 inches dumped across far SW OK on Nov. 24-25, 2013. Yes, SW OK! Roosevelt had 20 inches that storm. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20131125/nws-norman-snowtotals.jpg http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/nov24-25-2013.snow.totals.png Odd that both are November 24-25, but Oklahoma's weather starts with odd and goes from there to downright lunacy. The SW OK snowstorm is probably more impressive, since it has the word "south" in it. I'll note that there was a 20-inch snow in Boise City on Dec. 3-4, 1946, but that was later than the Dec. 3 cutoff date, as well as pretty isolated. And I stuck to 2-day snow totals. There usually aren't many snowstorms that last three straight days in Oklahoma, although there can be some multiple rounds from different storm systems that close together. At any rate, we needed the moisture. And gosh darn it (keep it clean), we needed the boost in seeing a good snowstorm. I know they can be a pain, and even downright dangerous, but it generally perks the mood up to see a good snow in December. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/24hour-rain-totals.png The amounts from the Mesonet gauges you see on the map differ in the areas where snow fell since we use unheated rain gauges, so we're waiting for some meltage for official totals. We still have big deficits from 30-90 days across the state, however, and need some more. JUST NO ICE! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/30day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/del30day_rain.current.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/60day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/del60day_rain.current.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/90day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/del90day_rain.current.png This has left us with an unsightly Drought Monitor pic, with newfound drought burgeoning across south central OK. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20201203/20201201_OK_trd.png Not much help down that way, or in the hardest hit areas. We'll see temperatures start to rebound over the next week, and no major storms showing up just yet after this one. I did manage to use "that being said" and "at any rate" in today's Ticker, so I'm probably disavowed all over again. I'll also mention Buffalo still owns the snowstorm record total of 36 inches from way back on Feb. 22, 1971. I was alive for that one, too! Wasn't driving though, so no big stories there. Spavinaw has the 24-hour snow total record of 27 inches from Feb. 9, 2011. No 2011's again, please. 2020 was enough. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 ================================================== The OCS/Mesonet Ticker https://ticker.mesonet.org/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from the Ticker or for questions about the Ticker or its content Phone or Email the Ticker Manager at OCS Phone: 405-325-2253 Email: ticker@mesonet.org --------------------------------------------------- -C- Copyright 2024 Oklahoma Climatological Survey ===================================================