MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 27, 2023 June 27, 2023 June 27, 2023 June 27, 2023
Thar it blows!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/OK_swody1_WIND.png
You're worried about the wind, Sundance? Heck, the hail will probably kill ya!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/OK_swody1_HAIL.png
And the tornado threat, while low, isn't zero on this Enhanced threat day (night really).
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/OK_swody1.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/OK_swody1_TORN.png
Heck, it's storming (and raining) right now for crying out loud!
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So what'cha gonna do? Not much you can do but prepare for severe weather in the far northern counties and nasty moist heat to the south where heat index values are expected to get up into the 110s.
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https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/3pm-heat-index.forecast.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/latest.oklahoma.heat.gif
That upper-level ridge is ensconced (English to Okie dictionary: positioned) over the Southern Plains, but just far south enough to allow a storm system to travel up and over the ridge and skirt the northern border of the state with Kansas, while also giving the southern two-thirds of the state that punishing heat. The storm timing will be this evening into the overnight hours, and yes, Tulsa will be in the severe wind threat even as it is starting to come out of the worse of the damage from last week's Derecho.
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/nws-amarillo-timing.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/nws-norman-timing.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/nws-tulsa-timing.png
As Tulsans can tell you, now would not be a good time to lose power due to storm damage, especially with the hottest day of the year coming tomorrow. These are ACTUAL air temps, not heat index values!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/tomorrows-forecast-highs.png
The bronze lining (budget cuts), unless you're wanting to harvest wheat? At least there's rain with the storms?
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230627/48hour-rain-forecast.png
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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