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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 That's not a front. Now THAT'S a front! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/thats-not-a-front.jpg You mix "Frozen" with "Game of Thrones," what do you get? Cold fronts with bad intentions. That's not to say this first "preliminary" front isn't cold. It's definitely a teeth-rattler out in the wind with wind chills down into the teens to the NW. Heck, actual temps are in the 20s up that way. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/current-temps.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/current-windchills.png But alas, whilst this first front is a more whimsical (not really!) view of winter, something more dark and foreboding approaches from farther north. Now you can see my rudimentary attempts at front locations on that crayon-ish map. Yes, the first front is just about through the state, and yes, there is an even more powerful cold front plunging south through the Northern Plains. Here's an official surface weather map to give you a better idea. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/thar-she-blows.png You've seen the wind chills with my first map, and here are the actual air temperatures with that second front. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/current-US-temps.png Man, Florida looks nice right about now, don't it? Well, this will be a 49 state chill. Hawaii misses out, Alaska is getting (or already gotten) theirs, and Florida's time is coming. Just watch as the purple hoard invades from the north over the next 72 hours, courtesy of PivotalWeather.com and the GFS forecast model. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161206/gfs.sfctwc.conus.2016120606-loop.gif Keep watch to the Mesonet maps around noon-ish tomorrow in the NW and await your fate. 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 ===================================================