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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... August 20, 1999 August 20, 1999 August 20, 1999 August 20, 1999 Fire Danger Continues to Rise A quick look at today's Keetch-Byram Drought Indices shows that dryspell conditions have certainly taken hold in southern and eastern Oklahoma. Values above 600 are commonplace in these regions. Pat McDowell of the Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture's Foresty Divisions reports that fire danger conditions are definitely in a bulding mode. The Forestry Division responded to 31 wildfires yesterday alone. The blazes burned ore than 4500 acres yesterday. The Latest KBDI image is available at: http://agweather.mesonet.org/fire/data/1999081922kd.html Dew Point Minimum Shows Up Again For the second straight day, a marked minimum and dewpoint temperatures has materialized in Oklahoma. The latest Oklahoma weather map at http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/19990820/current.wx.gif shows the minimum developing in south-central Oklahoma. As of 4:00 pm, the Ringling dew point was 39 F! A very similar pocket showed up yesterday afternoon in central Oklahoma. An image is available at: http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/19990820/yesaft.gif Perhaps evidence of "dry convection" behind the front? latest Mesonet weather map. ================================================== 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 ===================================================