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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 Drought takes a licking But keeps on ticking (you have to read the title of today's Ticker for this to make sense. But of course the Ticker rarely makes sense so why bother? Anyway, I showed you on Tuesday that the rains fell mainly on the plains of western Oklahoma and largely missed the areas most impacted by continued drought. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161108/5day-rain-totals.png It did rain a bit after that, but the gist of the picture remains the same. So not only did we see very little in the way of drought relief in those hard hit areas, we actually saw some intensification in SE OK. Here is today's new Drought Monitor map, as well as a one-week change map. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/20161108_OK_trd.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/1week-DM-change.png The reasoning remains sound. Despite the welcome moisture, the short- and long- term rainfall statistics still look rather sad. For example, the 30-day statistics are downright droughty. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/last30days.stats.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/last30daystot.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/last30dayspct.png After today's cold start, and yesterday's frigid beginning, expect a bit of a warmup before another cold front strikes for the weekend. Following that, another warmup will last throughout much of next week. http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/yesterdays-lows.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/todays-lows.png http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/nws-tulsa-extended.gif http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/nws-norman-extended.png Unfortunately, the rain chances for the next 7 days are nil-to-none. A very mean looking 7-day rainfall forecast map tells the story (yes, we got our crayons back). http://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20161110/7day-precip-forecast.gif Let's hope this changes and quick. 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 ===================================================