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Florence and her Machines
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180912/tropical-madness.png
Florence? Florence is way too nice of a name for the monster bearing down on the Carolina's. Florence Nightingale renamed as Florence Nightinmare. With all eyes glued to that area, we do eventually have to ask if any of those tropical monstrosities will impact our area. As you remember, we had a somewhat glancing blow already a couple of weeks back with Gordon, which added just a bit of rain to far far far eastern Oklahoma. Yes, that far.
Isaac looks intriguing as he stands in his crisp white uniform serving drinks to guests on...wait, wrong Isaac! We're talking Tropical Storm Isaac here, churning due west as it approaches the southern Caribbean. Right now it appears that Isaac will skirt along south of Puerto Rico and then curve to the northwest towards Cuba, although a few model runs have it entering the Gulf, and a few other models have it headed to our south.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180912/Isaac-spaghetti-model.gif
The real answer is it's tough to say what it's going to do at this time, other than head due west for another day or two. So right now, let's say the chances of it traveling through the Gulf and entering our area as a remnant are quite small.
How about Disturbance #1 on the above map, currently given a 60% chance to form a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. That one is a *little* more intriguing. It will probably reach Tropical Depression at best before it hits the coast in Texas or Louisiana, so it will be more of a rainmaker than a big wind event. It does appear that it will continue to our south though, possibly traversing Mexico, or possibly headed up into West Texas.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180912/storm_1.gif
Hard to say what it will do after that, but it is possible that we could see another glancing blow across far SW OK or maybe the Panhandle? I say that as a question since it is very questionable, of course (plus, if I'm quoted after the fact I can deny everything!).
There's just a hint of all this in the 7-day rain forecast. Obviously the greens over Oklahoma pale in comparison to the colors along the Carolinas.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20180912/7day-rain-forecast.gif
At any rate, our weather should continue along the boring path -- monumentally so compared to the East Coast -- for the next few days as we slowly warm up. Seasonable weather is in the forecast, as well as a few showers here and there.
Sometimes, boring is better. This is one of those times.
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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