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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 13, 2023 June 13, 2023 June 13, 2023 June 13, 2023 Ready or not! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/sunday-forecast-highs.png Apparently only me and three other people are excited about this (not my High School English teacher, after reading that sentence), but yes, summer is indeed nigh (English to Okie translation: near). And that forecast for Sunday is merely the hottest day in the next 7, but for SW OK summer comes even earlier in the week. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/friday-forecast-highs.png Again, MOST of you are probably dreading this. NO! Not the Ticker. Okay, maybe that too, but I'm talking about the triple-digit heat. Well, quit complaining because you've had your way for nearly two straight months. Check out the statewide average highs over the since mid-April or so. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/cool-warm.season.png So other than that brief two-week period to begin May, we've been mostly below- to way below-normal in our high temperatures through that period. I don't think it's coincidental that that (I said "that" twice...I like "that") mid-May period was also the only time during the period shown where we had substantial severe weather (remember the May 11 tornado outbreak?). Also right before that on April 19. So the cool weather has kept severe weather at bay, but it has also kept summer at bay. I have no idea if it kept Bey at bay, but she probably wasn't coming to Oklahoma anyway. You can put that comment in the box to the left. WAIT A MINUTE! I think I have a thought. No, a sneeze, maybe? Nope, it's definitely a thought. Let me go check something. Talk amongst yourselves. Topic: The Super Mario Bros. movie was real life and we're the animation. Okay, back. Turns out the heat index is going to be even higher than the actual air temperature, which of course means this will be a sticky heat. I take back EVERYTHING I said previously, and I'm now hoping for continued cool. And that's also why you always look through ALL the forecast maps before opening your big fat keyboard. Also continued cool...erasing those deficits. The latest round of weather did a number on the negative numbers in southern Oklahoma with more expected. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/rainrfc.24hr.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/48hour-rain-forecast.png There are still big deficits out there, unfortunately, especially across NE OK. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/30day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/del30day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/pct30day_rain.current.png Also unfortunate, our chances to erase them in some areas are starting to dwindle. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230613/7day-rain-forecast.gif Speaking of dwindling... 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 ===================================================