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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... October 5, 2015 October 5, 2015 October 5, 2015 October 5, 2015 A River Runs Through It (South Carolina) http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/South-Carolina-5day-rainfall.png We look at these South Carolina 5-day rainfall totals with amazement, especially considering these were NOT associated (well, everything in the atmosphere is associated, as the one big fluid it is) with Hurricane Joaquin. This was simply a matter of an cut-off upper-level low pressure system that got mired in the flow (or lack thereof) off the East Coast. Joaquin never got close to the East Coast. Some of the moisture plume, or fetch, is associated with Joaquin, but again, this ain't Joaquin. http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane-central/joaquin-2015/AL112015 Now we've seen rainstorms like that before, but maybe not in that short of a time frame. Remember April, MAY, June and July? All of those were pretty incredible when the monthly totals were tallied. And May did end up as the wettest month in Oklahoma history. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150430/apr-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150601/may2015-rain-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150701/june-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150803/july-total-rainfall.png And the totals, really from mid-April through mid-July, are what has brought Oklahoma to one of its top give wettest years on record thus far. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/apr-july-rain.totals.png The highest 5-day total we can find for Oklahoma this year came from the Ardmore Mesonet site from June 15-19 with a total of 15.8 inches, so some of those 22+ inch amounts are still incredible when put into that perspective. Our spring rains were historic in their own regard, obviously. Now this is sort of a letdown, considering all of what was just talked about, but it is raining in Oklahoma! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/OK-radar.png With the dry spell we've been having, the totals are impressive regardless of what they're compared against. Mostly out west, but we saw some nice totals in NC Oklahoma as well. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/5day-rainfall.png Aaaaand, we can expect a bit more rain this week into the weekend, but don't expect any deluges. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/nws-norman.jpg http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/nws-norman2.jpg http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/nws-tulsa.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/7day-rainfall-forecast.gif As far as temps go, don't be looking for our first frost anytime soon. This week will be a roller coaster with a front or two that will bring us back down close to normal, but next week looks right back into the heat. At least for mid- October. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20151005/oct12-18-temp-outlook.gif 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 ===================================================