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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 Rick Rolled! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/rick-rolled.png The forecast looked good...at least on Thursday. A 77-county rain over the weekend. Moisture for everybody. A gull commitment was what I was thinking of. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190411/3day-rain-forecast.gif Then comes Mother Nature with the "not so fast" correction. I was in Tulsa and it certainly rained there. Heck, I thought it felt like a tropical storm, except it was stupidly cold out. Winds were gusting 25-35 mph, with some areas across southern Oklahoma seeing winds of over 60 mph. 291 wind gusts of over 45 mph or greater on Saturday, in fact, and 13 of those were of the severe (greater than 58 mph) variety. Don't tell me you're too blind to see. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/wind-gusts.png We also had a freeze on Friday, and again on Sunday...primarily across far NW OK. I would guess there was some pretty good frost to the SE of there as well. Gotta make you understand. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/sunday-low-temps.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/hours-below-freezing.png Enough of that, however. We now turn our eyes to Wednesday, when spring could rise up and make itself felt with severe storms. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/nws-norman-wednesday-svr.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/nws-tulsa-wednesday-svr.png You should definitely stay weather aware and keep abreast of the latest forecasts. Why? You know the rules, and so do I. All modes of severe weather look possible. NW Oklahoma is starting to dry out just a little bit. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/30days.norm_pct.png There MIGHT be some rain if it DOES storm, however. I'm not going to guarantee it, just give you the latest forecast. Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190415/5day-rain-forecast.gif This is springtime in Oklahoma. We know the game and we're gonna play it. You wouldn't get this from any other state climatologist. Never gonna say goodbye. Well, until now. Goodbye. Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 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 ===================================================