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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... June 29, 2017 June 29, 2017 June 29, 2017 June 29, 2017 Droughty World http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/Droughty.World.png The Ticker is on travel this week, so you've probably been missing our immaculate prose...pausing for the laughter to die down. I can hear you, you know. But, Oklahoma's weather woes could use a vacation too. To put it simply...FLASH DROUGHT! Take a look at the last 30-60 days, the deficits that have accumulated, the days without significant rainfall, then remember that this has all occurred through the meat of Oklahoma's primary rainy season...May through mid-June. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/mesonet.rainfall.tenthinch.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/30day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/30day-depart.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/60day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/60day-depart.png 8 inches below normal in central OK over the last 60 days? Are you kidding me, Pvt. Pyle? That's bad. Take the official OKC measuring station at Will Rogers Airport, for instance. Since May 1, they've registered 1.19 inches of rain, THE driest May 1-June 29th on record for OKC dating back to 1891. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/OKC-may1-jun29-totals.png And consider the rapid drying of the topsoil from around the state. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/OKC-may1-jun29-totals.png All the more reason why we need this rainfall forecast to become reality. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/7day-rain-forecast.gif Flash droughts that begin early in summer have a way of becoming adult droughts as the full strength of our summer climate arrives. So let's knock the drought down a peg before next week. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20170629/july4-8-temp-outlook.gif Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey (405) 823-9054 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 ===================================================