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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 Rain totals since May 21 continue to pile up Although rain doesn't really "pile," but you know what I meant! And you also won't see any pictures of double violent tornadoes on this here blog. If I've said it once, I'll say it again ... the best way to prevent death and destruction from tornadoes is to NOT HAVE THEM (see yesterday's Ticker). I've been watching rain instead, and most of it has come without significant severe weather. May 21 is still our changeover date from hot, dry and windy to wet, cool-to-sultry and still windy. The latest rainfall came across northern Oklahoma over the weekend where some areas had up to 3.5 inches of rain, and a few days before that there was a nice streak of rain from Ellis County down into SE OK. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/7day-rainfall-totals.png So our newest "since May 21" Mesonet maps look even better. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/may21-jun17.totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/may21-jun17.depart-normal.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/may21-jun17.pct-normal.png Statewide, that period is now the 24th wettest since at least 1921 with an average of 5.49", 1.34 inches above normal (134% of normal). The area of most concern now is southern Oklahoma, which has started to go without substantial moisture than the northern 2/3rds of the state has seen. That's not to diminish what long-term impacts are still showing up across the rest of the state, but at least some of those short-term impacts, such as topsoil moisture and the greenness of the vegetation have improved substantially. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/2inch-soil.moisture.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/10inch.soil.moisture.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/24inch.soil.moisture.png Again, however, the long-term drought remains in full force across most of the state, which is why those nasty colors on the Drought Monitor map aren't going away anytime soon. Here's another look at the calendar year rainfall maps. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/caltot.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/caldel.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/calpct.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/cal-stats.png The heat and high winds are back, just like what we saw through most of May, so a lot of that moisture in the soil is going bye-bye, not only to the atmosphere through evaporation but also through the suddenly green plants thirsting for moisture. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/yesterday-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/yesterday.gust.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/current.gust1hr.gif We have another couple of hot (west), sultry (east) days ahead of us before a "somewhat cool" front moves in and brings us some manageable air and a chance of rain. These forecast temperatures come from the NWS. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/todays-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/wednesday-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/thursday-highs.png Still, another day of this? Yuck ("yech" for you northerners). http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/yesterdays-max-heat-indices.png Let's finish with a flourish, another optimistic 7-day rainfall forecast, courtesy of NOT ME (in case it doesn't pan out ... blame the Weather Prediction Center). This is starting to look familiar though ... needs to shift to the south! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20140617/7day-rainfall-forecast.gif Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet 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 ===================================================