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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 11, 2023 April 11, 2023 April 11, 2023 April 11, 2023 'Tis a start https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/rainrfc.48hr.png Much like what's in hotdogs, or what goes on in the kitchens at Taco Bell...we don't care how we got rain northwest of I-44, we don't want to KNOW how we got rain northwest of I-44. We're just glad we got it. Oh, it was scattered alright. I haven't seen anything that sporadic since I last took a closeup look of my scalp, but still, there was a good spread of a quarter-to-inch of rainfall in places. It was so scattered most Mesonet sites missed the good totals, but El Reno came in with 1.15 inches, and Pawnee was close behind with 1.01 inches. We even managed to reset a few spots on these maps over the last couple of days. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png Looks like 17 or 18 sites managed to reset their growing number of days without at least a tenth of an inch, and 5 sites maybe reset their days without at least a quarter-inch of rain. Yeah, not nearly enough on ANY of these maps, but if you were one of the lucky ones, well...yeah, count yourselves lucky! Wordsmith, am I right?? So now we go back into an unfortunate weather pattern with more ridging, more dry and warm and windy weather that alerts us to more fire danger rather than springtime storms. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/nws-norman-fire.planner.png Our next chance of rain, if you want to call it that, comes Thursday into Friday. However, as our friends at the Amarillo NWS office point out, sometimes those storms can cause more harm than good. No, not with tornadoes and hail and whatnot, but with lightning. It turns out that raining electricity from the sky that reaches temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun can ignite wildfires. "Dry thunderstorms" they're called. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/nws-amarillo-thursday-storms.png So little rainfall is expected it doesn't even register on the 5-day rainfall forecast. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/5day-rain-forecast.gif Yeah, I wish there was better news. Everyday we stay in a dry pattern we're missing out on a chance for drought amelioration (English to Okie translation: improvement) during our "normal" rainy season, which for most of the state started a couple of weeks ago and runs through mid-to-late June. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/longterm-avg-statewide.rain.png It WILL happen, eventually. When is the key. Not soon, it appears...but eventually. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230411/april16-20-precip-outlook.png 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 ===================================================