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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... August 30, 2023 August 30, 2023 August 30, 2023 August 30, 2023 Dust Riders https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/current-ok-radar.png A horrible force of nature, responsible for destruction on a scale unfathomable to most Oklahomans. No, not Taco Bell, but it would be a fair description. Can toilets be declared FEMA disasters? Hurricanes. Think of them as giant heat transfer engines, churning through the atmosphere moving heat from the oceans to the poles. As that heat is converted into mechanical energy (I'm getting deep into my memory of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, so bear with me), horrible things happen to things that are in the way...like cities, people, beaches, trees, etc., which is happening as we type in Florida. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/current-radar.png But even as Idalia and Franklin churn through the Atlantic, we're left with a very boring weather pattern here in the center of the country. Heck, most of the country is in that same pattern. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/atlantic-tropics.png What's wild is that even though we're currently in an El Nino episode, the Atlantic Hurricane season is already up to the "I" named storm. (I remember when my hair used to be wild, too. Yes, you can shed a tear). Ya see, El Ninos inhibit tropical storm formations in the Atlantic by increasing shear in the atmosphere above--wind shear being deadly to hurricanes and all. Also a bit more atmospheric stability. But the oceans are so warm, record levels even, that the Atlantic Hurricane season has busted right through those impediments, and also the reason these storms are intensifying so rapidly. The tropical systems are a response to those oceanic temperature anomalies, dutifully transporting the oceans heat to the poles. And there ends your drunk thermodynamics lesson. No, I don't drink (although I've been known to throw down a chocolate milk or two and go looking for trouble), but all written above is probably a good example of if I did. "Of if"??? Okay, that shows more insanity than drunkenness. BACK TO THE WEATHER! Today was the last "good" day, if that description for you comes with no triple-digits in the state, and 50s and 60s for lows. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/todays-lows.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/todays-forecast-highs.png Not everybody will see 100s, of course, but they'll be back tomorrow and for the foreseeable future with very little in the way of rain chances. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/nws-norman-7day-temps.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230830/sept6-12-outlooks.png Sometimes boring can be preferable to exciting when dealing with weather, BUT rain can be boring too. 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 ===================================================