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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... May 17, 2023 May 17, 2023 May 17, 2023 May 17, 2023 Hey to Kermit https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/RG-change-3weeks.png What a difference just a few weeks can make, right? I mean, look at how *I'VE* changed in the last 3 weeks! From this: https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/me-april26.jpg Ugh, hideous, amirite? To this: https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/me-may17.jpeg What's with the laughing?? How DARE you! Okay, that first pic isn't really me. I'll fess up. But back on April 26, Oklahoma's weather fortunes-for most at least-were much different. We were just coming out of the throes of these maps (and I've been in throes...it's not pleasant!) https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch-apr23.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch-apr23.png to these maps: https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png And this map shows what rain has fallen over that period that has (or hasn't, in some cases) transformed our barren landscape across the NW half of the state into something more springlike. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/cig.rain-RG.png The problem areas show up on these maps in the lighter greens, and even a few blues in the SW, as well as the western Panhandle. But we can also see those troubles on the 30-day pct of normal map. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/pct30day_rain.current.png In the case of NW OK, help is possibly on the way. We're still seeing a big rain event for that area over the next 3 days, or at least a chance of reinforcing moisture. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/3day-rain-forecast.gif Where have we heard that one before? But change can happen quickly...just look at how I've changed since I've been writing this Ticker. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230517/me-now.png I know. Amirite? 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 ===================================================