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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 27, 2023 April 27, 2023 April 27, 2023 April 27, 2023 Droughtius Reductus! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/4day-rain-totals.png You love to see it, right? What is "Things Gary's mirror will never say, Alex?" But the entire state at LEAST in the blue, but a lot and lot of dark green (and even some yellers here and there, for totals eclipsing the 4" mark). Annndddd... heck, it's raining right now for crying out loud! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/current-radar.png And look at the transformation of these maps! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230424/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230424/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png And these! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230424/120day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/120day-rain-totals.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230424/del120day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/del120day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230424/pct120day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/pct120day_rain.current.png Yes, there are still some pretty big deficits, but a lot of those short-term drought impacts will be alleviated. The biggest of which we should now see a pretty nice statewide green up once the sun comes back along with a little bit of heat. And that will mean an end to our prolonged critical-to-extreme fire danger for awhile. THIS image of our relative greenness will get much better. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/current.RG.png AND this image, which was left with status quo for this week in anticipation of the rain. There will be some decent improvements (well would you rather have INDECENT ones??) on next week's Drought Monitor map. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/20230425_ok_trd.png And here's the kicker...we ain't done with the rainfall! There will be another storm system sliding down this way from the NW that will provide another bout of rain from Friday into Saturday. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/3day-rain-forecast.gif This important reinforcing rainfall should help up those totals a bit more for added drought relief. It might come with a bit of severe weather tomorrow, but mostly confined to far south central OK, so stay alert! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/OK_swody2.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/OK_swody2_TORN.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/OK_swody2_WIND.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/OK_swody2_HAIL.png It's a long march (no, not March...that's over) back to respectable spring temperatures, but we'll get there eventually. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230427/nws-norman-7day-temps.png Still waiting on the Ticker to get back to respectable. We'll get there eventually? 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 ===================================================