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Okie style!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/thursday-wx.png
Now let's be honest here...I'm the best State Climatologist Oklahoma has at the current moment. I'm also the worst, but that's another story. But let's also be honest about our weather coming up this week: there's a better chance of impactful severe weather than impactful snow. I wish that wasn't the case because of the lovely weather we've seen so far this week, we deserve a break.
YESTERDAY was a break, wasn't it?
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/yesterdays-highs.png
And today is going to be conditionally nice...warm weather, but the wind and unusual warmth will add to critical fire danger across western Oklahoma. Doesn't matter if it just rained. Until we see greening of that dead/dormant vegetation, any dry, warm, windy weather is gonna spell trouble.
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/todays-forecast-highs.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/latest.oklahoma.fire.gif
Then we see a front tonight which will cool-not-cold us down for tomorrow and give us a bit of a rain chance, then we see the main storm system come through on Thursday. That will set off a chance for bigtime storms across SE and SC Oklahoma, and when the main system comes through that cold core of the upper-low could cool the atmospheric column down enough to provide snow. Maybe an inch or so here and there?
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/nws-ama-snow-thursday.png
Temperatures at the surface appear to be BARELY freezing if at all, so any impacts from any snow should be slight. The moisture is there to work with.
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20230228/3day-moisture-forecast.gif
As for Sunday's tornadoes, I don't think anybody us quite sure yet on the actual number that struck, but our friends at NWS Norman have categorized some of the individual tracks. I'll provide those here and call it a day.
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Five tornadoes were surveyed on Monday and surveys will continue this week in other areas were tornadoes are known or suspected to have occurred. More details will be available Tuesday. The information below may change as more information is received.
.West of Tuttle/Far West Oklahoma City...
Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 105 to 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 11 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0
Start Date: 02/27/2023 Start Time: 08:57 PM CST Start Location: 3 W Tuttle / Grady County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.28 / -97.87
End Date: 02/27/2023 End Time: 9:07 PM CST End Location: 4 WNW Mustang / Canadian County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.42 / -97.79
.Goldsby/Norman...
Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 130 to 135 mph Path Length /statute/: 26 miles Path Width /maximum/: 400 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 12
Start Date: 02/26/2023 Start Time: 9:09 PM CST Start Location: 2 NE Cole / McClain County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.12 / -97.55
End Date: 02/26/2023 End Time: 9:35 PM CST End Location: 3 NE Stella / Cleveland County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.34 / -97.17
.Western Oklahoma City...
Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 105 to 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 5 miles Path Width /maximum/: 500 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0
Start Date: 02/27/2023 Start Time: 9:12 PM CST Start Location: 4 ENE Mustang / Oklahoma County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.42 / -97.66
End Date: 02/27/2023 End Time: 9:18 PM CST End Location: 2 ESE Bethany / Oklahoma County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.49 / -97.61
..Near McCloud...
Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 to 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 6 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0
Start Date: 02/26/2023 Start Time: 9:42 PM CST Start Location: 2 SSE Newalla / Cleveland County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.37 / -97.15
End Date: 02/26/2023 End Time: 9:48 PM CST End Location: 2 NNW Dale / Pottawatomie County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.41 / -97.05
.North of Shawnee...
Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 125 to 130 mph Path Length /statute/: 6 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0
Start Date: 02/26/2023 Start Time: 9:45 PM CST Start Location: 3 SSW Aydelotte / Pottawatomie County / OK Start Lat/Lon: 35.39 / -96.92
End Date: 02/26/2023 End Time: 9:51 PM CST End Location: 2 SSE Meeker / Lincoln County / OK End Lat/Lon: 35.47 / -96.87
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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph
NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data.
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Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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