MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 15, 2010 April 15, 2010 April 15, 2010 April 15, 2010
Bring on the rain...
because dry weather is back. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor which was released this morning shows "abnormally dry" conditions have been reintroduced over Oklahoma.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/ok_dm.png
While so many of us were hoping for warm weather, we forgot to wish for rain as well, so important for the beginning of spring as things begin to green up. Who could blame us though after such a dark and dreary winter season? It has become dry, however, as indicated by the Oklahoma Mesonet rainfall totals from March 1-April 14.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/March1-april14_total.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/March1-april14_pct.png
So we need the rains that are forecast for this weekend, especially in western Oklahoma.
http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/precip_forecasts_April15-20.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/normanNWS_Rainfall_Totals.jpg http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20100415/amarillo_graphicast.gif
Snowfall totals
Okay, now that the trauma of this past winter and all that horrible white stuff that fell from the sky is past, time to take a look back at some preliminary (PRELIMINARY!!) totals from the NWS COOPerative observing network, so the names of the stations might throw you a bit. These totals are from December 2009-March 2010. Please keep in mind they are preliminarily preliminary.
GUYMON MUNI AP 28.6 OKLAHOMA CITY WILL ROGERS AP 23.2 TULSA INTL AP 22.8 SEDAN 21.0 MUTUAL 20.3 SEMINOLE 19.5 GUTHRIE 18.9 BLACKWELL 18.6 NEWKIRK 14.0 WEATHERFORD 13.7 GRADY 13.1 ARNETT 12.5 JEFFERSON 11.8 COLONY 11.5 MORAVIA 11.5 SAYRE 10.9 ALTUS IRIG RSCH STN 10.5 CRESCENT 10.5 WATONGA 10.4 BILLINGS 10.0 NORMAN 3SSE 9.2 ALTUS DAM 9.0 WILLOW 9.0 CENTRAHOMA 2 ESE 8.5 LOOKEBA 8.4 BATTIEST 8.2 HEADRICK 8.2 ATOKA 8.0 ERICK 4 E 8.0 CHATTANOOGA 3 NE 7.4 HELENA 1 SSE 6.9 PERRY 6.7 BROKEN BOW 1 N 6.3 HENNESSEY 4 ESE 6.0 MARSHALL 5.6 WICHITA MTN WR 3.8 HOLLIS 5E 3.4
Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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