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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 Wet Man Dry Man https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/5day-rain-forecast.png Hey, if we're going to have highways cause droughts, the answer is simple: QUIT BUILDING HIGHWAYS! Okay, we're either nuts or jesting or crazy, and two out of three dentists know which, if you get my drift. No no, drifting comes later this year during our arctic Halloween blast! Keep up! At any rate, in the last year we've had the I-44 divide, the Northwest Passage divide, and now the I-35 divide. However, unlike those others, this one will probably be short-lived, like my need for a comb. But you can see on the 30-day rainfall maps that this one is starting to build. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/30day-rainfall.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/del30day_rain.current.png The rain from last night should help. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/rainrfc.24hr.png Heck, it's raining right now for crying out loud! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/current-radar.png And how about those storms last night? https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/last-night-storm-reports.png A few odd things happened last night with those storms. We had a storm split to the SW of the OKC Metro and the left-mover survived all the way up the turnpike, spinning clockwise all the way (image courtesy of former Ticker writer/creator extraordinaire Deke Arndt) while the right-mover dissipated. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/left-mover.gif Typically those left-movers don't last as long as the right-movers, but this one managed to survive a trip to the City (rural Okies know) throwing large hail and big wind all the way. Then you had the heat burst out by Hinton that left them with their possible high temperature for the day at 85 degrees...from 4:05 a.m. In this case a collapsing storm released a burst of air towards the ground where it compressed and heated up, with strong wind gusts to over 50 and a collapse of the humidity as well. Not the sudden drop in dewpoint and rise in temperature, strong winds, and quick rise in pressure on the Hinton meteogram! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/HINT.met.gif They'll probably rise above 85 today, but it'll be close! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/todays-forecast-highs.png We'll remain in this FALL summer pattern for a few more days, at least until early next week when we get another cold front through on Sunday. Saturday will approach SUMMER summer, but not too bad. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/nws-norman-7day-temps.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/saturday-forecast-highs.png Don't look now, but FALL summer continues through the end of the month, possibly. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/sept27-oct3-outlooks.png (Begin Oscar moment) I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK, YOU FOOLS! You've doomed us all! (End Oscar moment) That could change. If not, looks like our Fall lasted 7 days. Not bad! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230920/fall.png 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 ===================================================