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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... January 7, 2019 January 7, 2019 January 7, 2019 January 7, 2019 They can't all be snow days Blah. Blah blah blah blah? Blah! Yes, the weather is back to "blah." After our excitement with all the rain and freezing rain and sleet and snow and thunder-sleet and thunder-freezing rain and, well...that about covers it. What was I talking about? Oh yeah, after all that excitement last week, we now return to our regularly scheduled January. We're in for another warm day, then a cold front tonight and tomorrow will cool things down to more seasonable weather, maybe a chance of rain here or there, but that's about it. So let's enjoy this last day of 60s. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/todays-forecast-highs.png Heck, those of us that had cloud cover overnight stayed in the 50s. Remember, cloud cover at night helps trap that heat lost at night by radiational cooling from the surface, acting somewhat like a blanket to preserve the heat. Those under the clear skies to the west saw that heat just keep on radiating upwards, and therefore lower overnight temperatures. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/todays-lows.png But back to the last week's storm...'twas a wet one, and combined with the previous storm a couple of weeks ago right after Christmas it makes the last 30 days look even more impressive. Only a few spots, including the most important city (town? hamlet?) in the state...Buffalo, are running a deficit over that time frame. Some areas across southeastern OK are nearly 6 inches above normal, and most are at least an inch or two in the black. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/30day-rain-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/30days.norm_pct.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/30days.norm_dep.png Even more impressive are the statistics themselves, with the last 30 days being the 7th wettest such period on record since at least 1921. Zounds! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/30day-stats.png If you believe next week's outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center, we may be in for more precip, by don't look for a repeat of last week's winter nightmare...I mean wonderland! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/Jan12-16-temp-outlook.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190107/Jan12-16-precip-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 ===================================================