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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... October 26, 2017 October 26, 2017 October 26, 2017 October 26, 2017 Here comes winter! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/winterdome.png Sorry youngsters, long before "The Hunger Games," there was THUNDERDOME! You know, two seasons enter, one season leaves? Forget apocalyptic desertscapes, however. We have something crazier. Oklahoma weather. Sometime later this afternoon, winter's going to come blasting through the state and you're not going to be able to ignore it. Winds will howl, temperatures will plummet and us cold blooded creatures will seek comfort under our blankets. Oh, it won't OFFICIALLY be winter, but highs in the 40s... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/friday-forecast-highs.png and lows in the 20s and 30s (not counting wind chill either!)... http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/friday-forecast-lows.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/saturday-forecast-lows.png Yeah, that's winter. That's mid-December type stuff right there. Might as well get out the Christmas tree. Doesn't mean it will stick around forever. Highs on Sunday will rebound into more pleasant territory (DENY IT AND BE WRONG!). http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/sunday-forecast-highs.png But another front on Monday will cool us down again it appears. Perhaps not as strong or cold as this front, however. Speaking of strong, better find something sturdy to tie down those Halloween decorations because the wind is going to be HOWLING as the front comes through. Enough so that the NWS has issued a wind advisory today for most of the state with winds expected to gust up to 45mph! http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/wind-advisory.gif That'll put some cinnamon in the old bundt cake! No, I don't have a clue what that saying means, I just thought it sounded sage (another spice I know nothing about) and wise. Wait, the lovely winter preview doesn't stop there! Don't be shocked if the western Panhandle gets flurried into oblivion tonight. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/flurries.png Soil temps are still a tad high to worry about any accumulations, but it's flurries so that probably wouldn't have been a problem anyway. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/average-soil-temp.png Other good(???) news, the drought has been greatly relieved across much of the state thanks to the generous rains earlier this week. The new drought map shows a mere 3% of the state in drought, compared to 12% last week. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/5day-rain-totals.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/20171024_OK_trd.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/1week-DM-change.png We do need some more to help those areas across the east and northwest, but nothing big showing up just yet. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20171026/7day-rain-forecast.gif It's all over now but the crying. Frozen tears. Some will be tears of joy. Whichever side you fall on, don't worry...it's Oklahoma. It'll come around again. 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 ===================================================