Ticker for April 27, 1999

                
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April 27, 1999     April 27, 1999     April 27, 1999     April 27, 1999


What a difference a year makes

In the table below, the first column of numbers represents the rain
which was observed for the six month period of April-September 1998.
The second column represents the rainfall observed in the first 26
days of April 1999.

Amazingly, some Mesonet stations have received more rainfall in less
than four weeks than they did for the entire warm season of 1998.

Incredible.


Station           Apr-Sep     Apr 1-26    Difference
1998         1999
Retrop              5.55"        6.34"        +0.79"
Bessie              6.48"        6.67"        +0.19"
Camargo             8.47"        8.29"        -0.19"
Woodward            9.30"        7.96"        -1.34"
Hinton              5.96"        4.58"        -1.38"
Fort Cobb           4.82"        3.41"        -1.41"
Mangum              3.62"        2.15"        -1.47"
Chickasha           8.17"        6.11"        -2.07"
Altus               4.00"        1.50"        -2.50"
Ardmore             7.05"        4.54"        -2.51"