Ticker for June 5, 1998

                
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Keetch-Byram:
The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) provides a measure of the amount of
moisture in the upper eight inches of the soil.  It is most associated with
fire danger applications, but it can provide some degree of information
about drought status.

A current KDBI image is updated every day at the Oklahoma Fire Danger
Model output page:  http://agweather.mesonet.org/fire/data.html

June 5 KDBI Image: 


Values over 600 are "often associated with severe drought".  Today's highest
KDBI rating is 454 (Tipton), a value which is "typical of summer".


Far Southeast Gets Needed Rainfall:
The southeastern climate division, which has been well below normal rainfall
since March, received some much-needed rainfall overnight.  Mesonet stations
in the southernmost tier of counties east of I-35 reported rainfall totals
of up to and just over one inch, as of 10:30 this morning.

Mesonet Rainfall Totals are updated every fifteen minutes at the Mesonet
Subscribers' Data Page.  They are available as one-hour, three-hour,
six-hour, and 24-hour totals, as well as total rainfall since 0000 Greenwich
Mean Time (7pm CDT).

Mesonet Subscribers' Data Page:  http://www.mesonet.org/