MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... September 21, 2020 September 21, 2020 September 21, 2020 September 21, 2020
No fall of fall
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/7day-precip-forecast.png
Okay, we gotcha, tropics...you can form tropical cyclones and hurl them towards the U.S. mainland. Big deal, have you ever seen what monkeys can do in a zoo? Now knock it off. Or, you could at least send one of these remnants a little farther to the west to impact western OK, a place that REALLY needs some rain. In case you haven't noticed, southeastern Oklahoma doesn't really need any more rainfall right now.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/30day-rain-totals.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/del30day_rain.current.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/pct30day_rain.current.png
From those maps, you can see western Oklahoma and even the northern half or so of the state could definitely use some rain. We began to dry out about 11 days ago, regardless what part of the state you look at, a consequence of our record breaking cold front that barreled through the state that second week of September. Just a smattering of rain has fallen since then.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/10day-rain-totals.png
That front kicked summer to the curb and left the state in one of the longest extended periods of actual fall weather I can remember. Doesn't mean that it definitely is one of the longest recently, but more of a testament to my failing memory. Check out this statewide average departure from the Mesonet's long-term average high temperature graph for the month of September thus far. And our minimum temperatures have also been well below normal.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/september-swoon.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/september-minimums.png
I see little change in the current weather pattern, at least right around the corner, the impact of tropical storm Beta notwithstanding. We'll see more clouds the next couple of days as the remnant moves inland, but that won't be much different than what we've been seeing (or not seeing) thanks to the thick layer of smoke from the West Coast. That will cause our temperatures to bottom out a bit, at least those maximum temperatures, but those will quickly rebound after Beta's passage.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200921/7day-temperatues-nws-norman.png
Well, there you have it. You wanted fall, you got fall. Enjoy while it lasts... summer starts again in 6 short months! Yep...sometime in March. Winter? We'll see.
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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