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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 12, 2023 June 12, 2023 June 12, 2023 June 12, 2023 Gonna get hot as (BEEP) https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/summers-coming.png Oh yeah, you just THOUGHT I'd lead with the rain this morning. Not me, because that's just what you'd be expecting. Oh, it's raining alright. Rain rain rain, blah blah blah! All we've talked about is rain...or the lack thereof. So let's get it out of the way and show you how much it's rained lately. HAS rained? Heck, it's raining right now for crying out loud! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/current-radar.png It has rained a bunch in some parts over the last 24 hours, the weekend, and all the way back to April. In some parts...not all. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/24hour-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/3day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/60day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/del60day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/pct60day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png Now we're faced with entering the depths of summer without adequate moisture across the eastern half of the state or so. Now some of those deficits on the maps should start to dwindle over the next couple of days as we're faced with multiple rounds of rain, but not all will catch up closer to normal. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/48hour-rain-forecast.png Oh wait, back to our good friend Gladys, just your friendly Grandma possessed by a demon from the depths of Hades. Burn is a bit much, Gladys, but summer is coming, whether you're ready for it or not. I'm ready. I've been ready since February. We see the tell-tale signs of an upper-level death ridge (so macabre today!) over the Southern Plains in the top graphic, with it's sinking, compressing air and accompanying greatly increased odds of above normal temperatures. Oh, wait! Macabre (English to Okie dictionary: grim). Anyway, expect a march upwards of our high temps as we go through the week, and we finally see a triple-digit temperature through the weekend sometime. Keep your sunburned fingers crossed! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/saturday-forecast-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/sunday-forecast-highs.png 100s? Heck, we're still trying to get everybody to 90, for crying out loud (sorry, just had to). https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/tmax.ge90.png Are you kidding me, Cookson, Jay, and Westville? You think you're in Minnesota? We haven't seen triple-digits on the thermometer, but if you've been outside in it over the last couple of days, you've felt like it was a hunnerd, at least in some parts of the state. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230612/yesterdays-high-heat.index.png And you can add 5-10 degrees onto those highs coming this weekend, thanks to the recent rains. That's something I *CAN'T* get on board with. And as always, be on the lookout for kindly old grandmother types ordering raw steak at your local diner. 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 ===================================================