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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017 The Drought Monitor giveth And the Drought Monitor taketh away. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/20171010_OK_trd.png You can see that we did have substantial improvement over NE and NC Oklahoma thanks to those generous-to-overwhelming rains in that region, and that's better reflected here in the 1-week Drought Monitor change map. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/20171010_OK_chng_PW.png You'd think after all that rain had drought would have been completely wiped out. The truth of the matter is that most of the heavy rains fell in areas where no drought or abnormally dry conditions existed in the first place. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/10-day-rain-totals.png And the reason those dry conditions are still in place, and as you saw on the change map, even expanding down in the far SE, is better explained by the 30-day and 60-day rainfall maps. Lots of unwanted colors and negative numbers on those maps. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/30day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/30days.norm_dep.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/30days.norm_pct.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/60day-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/60days.norm_dep.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/60days.norm_pct.png Now we're gonna warm up for a few days, then have a front on Saturday into Sunday that gives us a chance of rain, then we're probably going to warm up as we get further into next week. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/saturday-forecast-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/sunday-forecast-highs.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/7day-rain-forecast.gif Unfortunately, the rain doesn't look like it's going to have much impact on the dry conditions to the southeast, but maybe that will change as we get closer. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/oct17-21-temp-outlook.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171012/oct19-25-temp-outlook.gif Our next big front just isn't showing up just yet, but that drastic change in the forecast is often just around the corner! Stay tuned. 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 ===================================================