Ticker for July 20, 2000

                
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Thunderstorms Pepper Northern Oklahoma

Morning thunderstorms brought strong winds and brief heavy rains
to much of northern Oklahoma shortly after sunrise today.  Here's
a list of the stiffest wind gusts:

Medford       66 mph  5:55 am    Westville     53 mph  8:55 am
Red Rock      62 mph  6:30 am    Pawnee        53 mph  6:50 am
Breckinridge  61 mph  6:15 am    Lahoma        53 mph  6:25 am
Medford       60 mph  6:00 am    Lahoma        53 mph  6:15 am
Red Rock      58 mph  6:35 am    Medford       53 mph  6:05 am
Marshall      57 mph  6:45 am    Pryor         52 mph  8:10 am
Miami         56 mph  7:50 am    Breckinridge  52 mph  6:10 am
Breckinridge  56 mph  6:20 am    Pryor         51 mph  8:05 am
Breckinridge  54 mph  6:25 am    Vinita        51 mph  7:30 am
Lahoma        54 mph  6:20 am    Lahoma        51 mph  6:30 am
Medford       54 mph  6:10 am


Solar Radiation We Could Do Without

What does the sun have in common with vandals, gophers, lightning and
spiders?  They're all hazards to real-time Mesonet data!  The increase
in solar activity during the last ten days or so has played havoc with
the stations' ability to communicate with base stations around the
state.  Thankfully, Mesonet operators and technicians have been able
to combat the situation.

A more detailed report on this and related Mesonet communication
issues is coming in a special edition of the Ticker.  You should
receive the special edition tonight or tomorrow morning.


The Heat Goes On

There are now 21 Mesonet stations who are sporting a streak of 3 days
or more with a triple-digit high temperature.  Here's the list, with
the station name, length of streak through yesterday, and the date on
which the streak started.  An asterisk indicates that the station has
already extended the streak (for example, Waurika's streak is now
ten days) as of 3:00 pm today.

*Waurika       9 days (July 11th)   *Ringling      5 days (July 15th)
Hobart        7 days (July 13th)    Ninnekah      5 days (July 15th)
*Tipton        7 days (July 13th)   *Walters       5 days (July 15th)
Bessie        7 days (July 14th)    Weatherford   5 days (July 15th)
Lahoma        7 days (July 14th)    Burneyville   4 days (July 15th)
Ardmore       5 days (July 15th)    Erick         4 days (July 16th)
Butler        5 days (July 15th)    Fort Cobb     4 days (July 16th)
Clayton       5 days (July 15th)    Hinton        4 days (July 16th)
Ketchum Ranch 5 days (July 15th)   *Hollis        4 days (July 16th)
Kingfisher    5 days (July 15th)    Retrop        4 days (July 16th)
Marshall      5 days (July 15th)


As always, Mesonet subscribers can see conditions updated every fifteen
minutes on the Mesonet Subscribers' Data Page:
http://www.mesonet.org/