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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019 Oh (COLD) snap! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/thanos.png Hey, I'm an "April half-cold" kind of a guy. While the rest of the clodhoppers are talking severe weather (you know, something exciting and actually worth talking about), I'm constantly scanning the CPC medium-range outlooks for any sign of cold fronts. Well, looks like one is brewing for sometime around next weekend. Not sure HOW cold yet, or even if it will come to fruition, but any sign of cold weather after I've seen an 80-degree temperature is enough to raise my hackles (my hackles are about as impressive as my scalp, however, so it's a rhetorical hackle-raise). And if it's the one thing to scare Thanos (other than trying to buy tickets online to his own movie), it's enough to scare me. Here's a fantasy-cast (more like horror-cast) of what the long-range model output is showing for next Friday morning. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/apr12-morning-lows.png That freezing weather is WAY too close to Oklahoma, and more importantly, ME! Luckily, this is so far out it has lots of time to change, hopefully for the better. About that severe weather last night. I thought the NWS and SPC did an excellent job pinpointing the location, as we showed you their risk map from yesterday morning. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190403/nws-norman-severe.png And the tennis-to-baseball size hail down in the far southwest would qualify as severe, I'd say. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/yesterday-storm-reports.png They didn't get nearly enough rain down in that far SW corner, however, although others got a pretty good soaking. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/rainrfc.24hr.png So that left the "abnormally dry" conditions down in that area mostly untouched, so we'll need to try again for next week's Drought Monitor report. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/20190402_OK_trd.png Luckily, we have another chance of rain this weekend, although as usual, for now it looks like eastern Oklahoma will have the biggest totals. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/7day-rain-forecast.gif More severe weather chances as well, possibly. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/thur-svr-outlook.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190404/fri-svr-outlook.gif As for me, I'll continue gazing in fear at NEXT weekend's forecast. Come on, Mother Nature, just give us a finger snap and eliminate HALF of that cold weather. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org ================================================== 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 ===================================================