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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 7, 2010 April 7, 2010 April 7, 2010 April 7, 2010 The Ugly Truth Mother Nature pulled the rug out from under our spring/early-summer weather, and nothing exemplifies that more than the following two figures ... the high temperature map from yesterday and the 24-hr temperature change map from today: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/yesterday.hilo.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/current.TAIR_24H.grad.png So when you have 24-hour temperature drops of more than 30-40 degrees from the 80s and 90s, you have to hope it is during July or August. Of course, today would have been considered a nice day through parts of February and March. But after the previous week's worth of spring-tease, it's just pouring salt in bitter winter wounds. To make matters worse, we have freeze and frost warnings in effect for much of western and central Oklahoma tonight: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/fxc_Hazardous_Weather_Outlook.jpg http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/image2.gif Now a freeze this late is nothing extraordinary, as we can see from our average date of last freeze map (based on 1971-2000 data): http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/freeze.spr.mean.gif And before I complain too loudly, I should remember how bad it could be: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100407/freeze.spr.latest.gif Temperature drops like this are the epitome of our transitions months here in Oklahoma, so we'll just wait a few days for the nice weather to return. Just be sure and remember to bring in your tender plants, animals and climatologists (those last two are redundant) tonight and everything should be fine. Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 ================================================== 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 ===================================================