MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 8, 2011 June 8, 2011 June 8, 2011 June 8, 2011
A Smoky Oklahoma (thankfully not at ground level)
Lots of folks are commenting on the red sun and dusty-looking air. That's actually smoke suspended high in the air from wildfires burning in Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110608/western_fires.jpg
You can see the smoke plumes from these fires quite well on this visible satellite loop from yesterday. Notice how the smoke drifts over Oklahoma.
http://bit.ly/jd9D6V
Red flag fire warnings extend from northwestern Oklahoma all the way out into central Arizona, a consequence of the continuing drought conditions covering the area.
You can keep track of fire conditions in Oklahoma using our OK-FIRE website. Fire dangers are quite high fin western Oklahoma, again a consequence of the drought and the lack of green vegetation that normally diminishes fire danger this time of year.
http://okfire.mesonet.org/
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Tornado count continues to go up.
The Oklahoma tornado count for this year continues to go up, as tracked by the NWS offices and tallied by Oklahoma tornado guru Doug Speheger. There have now been 92 tornadoes identified by the NWS offices, and there are still more than a dozen possible tornadoes waiting to be investigated. That places 2011 in sixth place for number of tornadoes in a year since 1950, tied with 1983. With those other possible tornadoes out there still to be investigated and almost seven more months in the year, that number will most assuredly go up, and could even threaten second or third place. Remember last year took third place with 102 twisters.
1999 145 1957 107 2010 102 1982 101 1960 98 2011 92 (preliminary) 1983 92 1998 83 1961 82 1995 79
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Records watch continues
Much of western Oklahoma either neared or exceeded their record high minimum temperatures this morning, much like the last several days. Notice the western Panhandle was blessedly cool thanks to a cold front. Those 80-degree lows in Logan County look pretty nasty though.
Actuals: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110608/today.TAIR.min.grad.png Records: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110608/today.hitmin.png
Keep watching today for record highs. Here's your primer.
Records: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20110608/today.hitmax.png Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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