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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... September 14, 2023 September 14, 2023 September 14, 2023 September 14, 2023 All in good time https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/current-radar.png Snow? You serious? Snow? Why did you have to mention snow? Oh, you're now claiming *I* brought up snow first? You think I can't just keep asking questions to avoid the blame? You think you're Mickey Spillane? You think you're some sort of writer? Okay, why *I* mentioned snow is that I had the song in my head for some reason ("Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow") because it was such a lovely grey (English to Okie translation: "gray") morning that I had the idea we should have chili for supper tonight, and when I think of chili I think of snow. And when I think of snow I think I wish it was summer again. See, there is madness in my insanity. But don't worry, we're still forecasting our first snow for Halloween, and our average first freeze is still a month or two away, depending on where you live. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/avg_firstfreeze.1991-2020.png Now if you're talking earliest fall freeze, nobody can understand you because that's not even a language! Who's crazy now? But if we are discussing earliest fall freeze, whack a month off (and we all know just how painful that can be!). https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/earliest_firstfreeze.1991-2020.png But we're not talking about snow, we're talking about rain, and we have gotten some very well-placed rains overnight into the morning. Take a look at the new Drought Monitor map this morning, especially south central Oklahoma, and where those rains fell. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/20230912_ok_trd.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/rainrfc.24hr.png POW! Yeah, that's important because south central Oklahoma was seeing their drought increase by the week due to record dryness in the last 60+ days, as we pointed out yesterday. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230913/pct60day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230913/60days-stats.png And if you look over the last 5 days or so, since we've had our weather pattern reset, everybody's gotten *SOME* rain, but most haven't gotten nearly enough. Kudos to NW OK and now parts of SC OK, however. Forecasts indicate there's still a chance for significant totals, but not drought-busting totals, across western OK. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/2day-rain-forecast.png If you miss out on the good stuff, then take a look at next week's outlooks and forecast...maybe then will be your time. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/sept19-23-outlooks.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230914/next-week.gif The precise areas for heavier rain chances will shift around a bit, but at least they're around at all. Yes, chili, and yes...WITH BEANS! (insert evil laughter here) 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 ===================================================