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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 A little less due to a little more As the title suggests, a little more rain leads to a little more drought relief, although I guess you could replace "little" with "lot" in that sentence. And it was a lot of rain for folks along the I-44 corridor, so just as a reminder, here are the rainfall totals we had to work with for this week's U.S. Drought Monitor. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/rainrfc.240hr.png That span encompasses the big rains of last Wednesday and Thursday, which fell after the cutoff for last week's drought map, and also the smaller bit of rain that fell this week. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/ok_dm.png The improvements from east central through central Oklahoma leaves 28 percent of the state without any sort of drought designation (11 percent with no designation, 17 percent with the "Abnormally Dry, D0" designation). That still leaves 72 percent of the state within some level of drought intensity. Only 5 percent or so is in the "Exceptional, D4" category, the best that column has looked since July 31, 2012. Nearly 31 percent of the state is within the "Extreme/Exceptional" categories ... a level that has not been that low since July 17, 2012. While some areas are dealing with overflowing lakes and ponds, here's what they are dealing with in the Panhandle. Their old nemesis (nemesi? nemesises?), the dust storm! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/panhandle-dust-storm.png There are chances for rain coming tomorrow as well as the middle of next week. The latest 7-day rain total forecast shows the same old story ... more for the east and paltry amounts for the west. But that could change! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/7day-rain.gif ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April, on the rocks Just a bit of a freeze last night, mostly in eastern Oklahoma, left a warmer wake-up call this morning as opposed to yesterday. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/thursday-lows.png That's getting close to becoming the latest last freeze, at least based upon the 1981-2010 data. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20130425/latest_lastfreeze.1981-2010.png Gary McManus Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 325-2253 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 ===================================================