MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... August 15, 2022 August 15, 2022 August 15, 2022 August 15, 2022
GNARLY!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/wednesday-forecast-highs.png
*I'm* not a neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie, YOU'RE a neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie. Ah yes, the 1980s were such a simpler time, when "eat my shorts" would get you another month in detention and the only phone you would carry around with you was attached to, at most, a 10-foot curly-q cord. Will the coming few weeks be a simpler time for the weather? Possibly, but define simple when it comes to Oklahoma weather. Here's the deal, see? Watch for another scorching Monday and Tuesday (for most) then another cold front later on Tuesday (NW OK might not be scorching), a few rain chances with the front, then cooler for a few days, THEN another front for the weekend and even better rain chances.
Oh yeah, and highs in the 1980s...I mean 80s!
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/monday-forecasthighs.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/tuesday-forecast-highs.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/thursday-forecast-highs.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/sat-sun-rain-forecast.gif
Now as we get into the longer term periods, it does appear that we should see cooler and wetter conditions a bit more often. So while it will still get hot, we will possibly see a changeover from "scorching hot most of the time with occasional cool fronts" to "milder most of the time with a few hot days."
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/aug22-28-temp-outlook.png
https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20220815/aug22-28-precip-outlook.png
Will this be the death of summer? I dare not say that...the JINX gods might be listening. I think, if the outlooks continue to show that increased odds of below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation to finish out August, and they've been consistently showing this type of pattern for the last few days, we might see a considerably more favorable second half of August than the first half.
Now pardon me, but I'm off in search of some Grey Poupon.
Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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