Ticker for May 30, 2000

                
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Interesting Show Scheduled for Tomorrow Morning

For the rest of this week, celestial celebrities Jupiter and Saturn will
put on a rare joint appearance during the early morning hours.  The two
planets will be only 1.2 degrees apart on the ENE horizon, the closest
they will be for the next 20 years!

The event is a conjunction, which occurs as Jupiter passes by Saturn
(from our vantage point, anyway) as they make their laps around the sun.

Even better, tomorrow morning the two planets have booked an appearance
with the earth's own crescent Moon.  Jupiter will be to the upper left
of Saturn and the Moon will be to Saturn's upper right.  This appearance
is scheduled for roughly 40 minutes before sunrise (sunrise occurs about
6:05 CDT in eastern Oklahoma to about 6:25 CDT in western Oklahoma).

The two planets may be tough to spot in the twilight preceding sunrise,
but it's worth a shot!

Jupiter and Saturn will slowly drift apart in June and July.


Weekend Wrap-up

Several bumpy nights led into this year's beautiful Memorial Day Weekend.
Here's a list of selected wind gusts and a rainfall map to summarize the
period from May 24th through May 28th:

Rainfall Map:


Wind Gusts over 50 mph:

Station       Gust     Date     Time
Ketchum Ranch 82 mph   May 26   6:00 am
Goodwell      81 mph   May 25   8:10 pm
Walters       72 mph   May 26   5:20 am
Grandfield    69 mph   May 26   4:50 am
Walters       68 mph   May 26   5:25 am
Nowata        68 mph   May 24   7:40 pm
Alva          67 mph   May 27  12:40 am
Nowata        67 mph   May 24   7:45 pm
Camargo       66 mph   May 25  10:40 pm
Ketchum Ranch 65 mph   May 26   6:05 am
Grandfield    64 mph   May 26   4:45 am
Vinita        61 mph   May 24   8:10 pm
Nowata        60 mph   May 24   7:50 pm
Ardmore       59 mph   May 26   6:35 am
Goodwell      59 mph   May 25   8:15 pm
Bessie        56 mph   May 24   9:10 pm
Pryor         56 mph   May 24   8:25 pm
Vinita        56 mph   May 24   8:15 pm
Altus         55 mph   May 26   7:40 pm
Red Rock      55 mph   May 24  11:30 pm