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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 What an awesome terrible rainfall This map is pretty complicated, very scientific and hard to understand, but I thought it important to try and convey the feelings of folks around the state after this last storm system. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/analyzed.png Does that help? Okay okay, here is the REAL Mesonet rainfall map with radar- estimated totals from the last 3 days. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/rainrfc.72hr.png For those of you across the southeastern half (or so) of the state, congratulations. For those of you across the NW half, terribly sorry. Some great rains fell right through central Oklahoma and points to the southeast, but that gradient was razor sharp as you went to the NW. Altus received 0.48 inches, but that will do very little for those folks other than wet the topsoil a bit, keep the wheat growing a bit longer. We'll just take a look at the Water Year totals (the water year runs from Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2015) thus far. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/wtrtot.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/wtrpct.png But things have gotten worse in just the last 3 months, especially across northern Oklahoma. The NE corner of the state just experienced its 14th driest Dec. 10-March 9 since at least 1921. N Central OK wasn't much better with its 21st driest. Not too bad for S Central and SE Oklahoma, relatively speaking. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/last90daystot.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/last90dayspct.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/last90days-stats.png The lakes around the state are hit and miss. Some have been hit and are still full...others have been missed, and are becoming but a memory. Check out the latest reservoir storage map from OWRB. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/MonthlyReservoirStorage.jpg All bets are off for awhile now. This is pathetic... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/7day-moisture-forecast.gif and this is pathetic... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/march15-19-precip-outlook.gif This is a bit hopeful... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/chances-1inch-accum-thruMarch25.gif as is this... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20150310/march17-23-precip-outlook.gif What's even better...April-June is right around the corner. The rainy season... we hope. 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 ===================================================