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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 7, 2024 June 7, 2024 June 7, 2024 June 7, 2024 The H is O https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/todays-heat.index.png Oh, you know things are getting bad when the color scheme on your temperature maps start to turn those HOT colors, like dark red, or even white. Colors can be deceiving, of course. I mean, can you tell the difference between the filling of a Cherry Pop-Tart vs. a Strawberry Pop-Tart? HA! Amature (don't feel bad, I'm an amateur at speling). But you don't need no stinking maps to know we went from a prolonged "cool" period lately right to summer. Not COOL cool, but like "close to normal" cool over the last couple of weeks. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/max-temps-depart-may1-june6.png That's okay, I've been not COOL cool for most of my life (there was that time when I set the world record for eating Whoppers...ahhh, the memories!). And we've all been not COOL cool for the last few days, like yesterday. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/yesterday.TAPP.max.grad.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/yesterday.TAIR.max.grad.png And like you see in that top map, we're gonna be hot again today, and again tomorrow. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/todays-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/saturday-highs.png For the year thus far, even though we had the fifth-warmest spring on record in the state, our temperature extremes have been in the "not bad" category (I've been "not bad"...oh never mind) for now on the 100s map, but a bit more "bad" if you look on the 90s map. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax.ge100.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax.ge90.png Here's how we looked at this point in 2011, the hottest summer in Oklahoma history (and in actuality, the hottest summer for ANY state on record back to 1895). https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax_ge90.20110606.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax_ge100.20110606.png And here's how we looked at this point in 2022, which became the hottest summer in the state since 2011. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax_ge90.20220606.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/tmax_ge100.20220606.png So we're just a bit behind the extreme heat of those early summers for the most part, but way behind in the EXTREME heat. And for those weirdos that actually like their summer temps non-scorching, we will see quite the cold front early next week, along with some pretty good rain chances. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/monday-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/nws-norman-7day-temps.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240607/5day-rain-forecast.png Rain in early June begets high heat indexes in mid-June, and high heat indexes in mid-June beget high air temperatures in late June (after evaporation), and high air temperatures in late June beget...who knows what. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@ou.edu ================================================== 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 ===================================================