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Reversal of fortunes
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200826/7day-rain-forecast.png
Man, I held out almost ZERO hope that Laura would take a dramatic swing to the west and bring some rainfall to western Oklahoma. It's gonna brush MAYBE the far eastern edge of the state, then add that precip to more rain chances later this week into next week and you see the forecast above you. Yeah, it's above me, too, but I still have to report it, and the remnants of Hurricane Laura's miss to the east.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200826/laura-cone.png
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200826/laura-spaghetti-plot.png
I can deal with that. I mean, I'll HAVE to deal with that when it comes to the Drought Monitor work for next week...if western Oklahoma doesn't see good rains. That forecast above looks "okay," but not great for those prospects. OKAY, like I said, I can deal with that. But now the models are putting the kibosh on our cold front for next week. I looked for it late last night and wondered aloud to my family "Hmmmmm, remember that cold front I said was going to blast us early next week? Not looking so good now."
As is usual in my house, I was met with boos and hisses...and I wasn't even cooking! Then this morning I read the forecast discussions of all the NWS offices and NWS Norman splats this onto the page:
"The strong cold front seen in previous model runs appears less certain with the latest iteration. While the GFS/ECMWF were in remarkable agreement with yesterday morning`s package, they are no longer. The GFS/Canadian do have the front pushing through on Monday. However, cooler temperatures appear to be relatively short-lived with these models having highs rebounding on Tuesday into the 90s. The ECMWF struggles to push this front into our area at all. Interestingly, the GFS/Canadian indicate yet another frontal passage middle of next week. The GFS is quicker with the front (Tuesday) with cooler daytime highs (80s) on Wed, whereas the Canadian suggests arrival of the front to be Wednesday. The ECMWF keeps temperatures hot all of next week (boo). Will be interesting to see future model updates and trends."
Interesting indeed! Sometimes these things can disappear for a run (or two) in the model output then come back stronger than ever the next run. We'll just have to wait until the new model runs come out to see if it's back, or if they back off even more. There wills still be a chance of showers and storms OUTSIDE of Laura's arrival and departure with a cold front over the weekend and then possible systems next week.
In memoriam of next week's front (if you're wondering how you can have a memoriam for something that's never happened...work with me), let's take a look back at a look forward that was much nicer, when we saw a strong cold front blasting through the state next Monday morning.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20200824/7am-temp-forecast-sept1.png
But hey, don't feel so bad! Remember this day last year? Heat indices hit 110 in the east and high temps hit 100 in the west.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20190826/latest.oklahoma.heat.gif
So hopefully I've anti-jinxed the jinx of the cold front I caused yesterday by writing about it, by writing about how it's NOT going to happen now.
See how complicated forecasting is, what with all this jinx stuff?
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253
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