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Nooooo eating in the car, kids


http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20160314/sorry_folks.jpg

There are a select few nerds...I mean Oklahomans...who never really went anywhere
on spring break except home. Budding staycationers, I guess. But hey, as I've
always deluded...I mean said...a trip to Buffalo in March is better than a trip
to Ft. Lauderdale (google it, kids). Invariably, I'd have one, maybe two good days
of weather to go fishing at "the pond that used to be" before the bottom dropped
out and it would either get cold, rainy, or both. And even a snowstorm or two.

This go-round, Oklahoma's starting with a very nice, if not windy, and warm day
or two before we see out usual decline in temperatures, and then rain appearing
in the forecast.

So enjoy today's 80s

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20160314/todays-forecast-highs.png

because a bit of winter (late winter, mind you) is coming back for the weekend.

http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20160314/nws-norman-weekend-freeze.jpg

And don't forget the rain!

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http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20160314/nws-norman-7day-planner.jpg

Now here's where we come off a bit whiny (okay, stop snickering). It's not like
the 60s and few 70s the next few days won't be appreciated, even though they
appear to come with lots of elevated fire danger. That's par for the course
in mid-March. But man, those 80s sure look nice today.

So you stay-spring breakers, enjoy the next few days before the law firm of
Gray, Drab and Dreary shows us this weekend. Hey, look at it this way...at least
it won't be such a shock to the system to come back from some fabulous beach
somewhere to a wet, cold homeland.

HA! Take that spring breakers, wherever you may be (as you read this when you
get back).

(cue state song here)

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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