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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023 Mune? https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/7day-forecast-rain.png I don't particularly like this weather pattern we've been in for the last week or so. Right, nobody asked me but then again nobody ever does but I keep blathering on anyway! So we've seemingly skipped much of May and already gone into a mid-June style pattern with highs in the 80s and 90s (which I love) punctuated by lots of humidity (which I hate) and storms created in a weakly-jetted environment (and we ALL know just how painful that can be!). Just look at these dewpoints and heat index values from yesterday (and high air temps as well). https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/max-24hour-dewpoints.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/yesterdays-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/yesterdays-high-heat.index.png Oh, and another thing I frown upon (besides hairbrushes)...temperatures that fail to hit 100. Oh, I've got nothing against 99...I hope to make that number myself, ya know. I *WILL* live to see those flying cars we keep hearing about. But we had several stations hit 99 degrees over the last 3 days, but none with the guts to hit triple-digits for the first time this year. I had high hopes for Altus and Mangum, but I'm sorely disappointed in my hometown of Buffalo for leaving me hanging yesterday. The highs above 90 map keeps growing, but that highs above 100 map continues to stare back at me with 120 eyes like some macabre (English to Okie translation: disturbing) temperature spider. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/tmax.ge90.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/tmax.ge90_streak.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/tmax.ge100.png We have another shot today and tomorrow for that elusive 100, but I don't think we'll get as close as 99, to be honest, and I'm rarely honest unless I'm lying. Yeah, figure that one out! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/todays-forecast-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/tomorrows-forecast-highs.png Then as the moisture increases, we get more clouds and more rain and we descend into where we were a couple of weeks ago with highs back in the 70s with lots of moisture chances. A visit from the Tropics with a southern branch storm moving up through Texas in the early weekend gives us our biggest chance of widespread rainfall, reflected in the top graphic. It's also the big trigger for our increased odds of above normal precip and below normal temps over weekend and early next week. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/nws-norman-7day-temps.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/may13-17-outlooks.png There will be the chance for severe weather off and on throughout the week, and maybe into the weekend, but nothing like classical May severe weather scenarios. We seemingly had that in April before we skipped right into June. With shear being nothing to write home about, watch for messy storms with some big hail and high winds, but the tornado threat will remain very low. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody1.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody1_WIND.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody1_HAIL.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody2.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody2_TORN.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody2_WIND.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody2_HAIL.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody3.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/OK_swody4_PROB.png You have to stay weather aware this week, however, because it IS Oklahoma after all, and much like after eating Taco Bell...things could turn nastier as we go forward. The rain over the past few days did at least fill in some of those precipitation holes from our big rains of 2 weeks ago. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230508/2week-rain-totals.png So June for a couple more days, then back to April/May, then straight to July probably. Because variety is the spice of like I guess. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey 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 ===================================================