Ticker for July 18, 2000

                
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Summer Heat Streak Underway

After a very cool and wet June, summer has bounced back in recent weeks.
Hot, dry conditions have taken hold over a majority of southern and
central Oklahoma.  Here are some 100+ F temperature streaks, as of
yesterday afternoon:

Waurika:       7 days
Altus:         5 days
Hobart:        5 days
Tipton:        5 days
Bessie:        4 days
Lahoma:        4 days
Seiling:       4 days
Ardmore:       3 days
Butler:        3 days
Chickasha:     3 days
Clayton:       3 days
Ketchum Ranch: 3 days
Kingfisher:    3 days
Marshall:      3 days
Ringling:      3 days
Walters:       3 days
Weatherford:   3 days
Ninnekah:      3 days

As of 2:00 pm today, Ringling, Walters and Waurika had already extended
their streaks (to four, four and eight days, respectively).  Several
more stations were observing temps in the upper 90s as well.  Mesonet
high and low temperatures are updated every fifteen minutes at:



And Now, the Good News:

A handful of locations in northern and central Oklahoma have received
significant rainfall in the last few days.  Here are some rainfall
totals since Sunday at Noon:

Boise City:  1.81"  (also 55, 57, and 58 mph wind gusts Monday evening)
Hooker:      1.40"
Beaver:      1.05"
El Reno:     0.54"
Newkirk:     0.52"
May Ranch:   0.42"
Buffalo:     0.34"
Foraker:     0.33"