Ticker for August 22, 2000

                
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What Was That?

For the second night in the last week, folks around the Mesonet have
noticed a wave travel from south to north across eastern Oklahoma.
The feature occurred at Hugo and nearby Antlers around 10:00 pm and
propagated northward over the following hours.  At each station, the
wind speeds increased dramatically as the feature passed, along with
a noticeable increase in air temperature (with the exception of Porter,
where the temperature actually decreased!).

Take a look at the feature in the following meteograms, oriented roughly
from south to north, along the "timeline":








Even stations out west got into the act, such as Durant and Ringling:




It's another example of the interesting stuff hidden in Mesonet
meteograms.


Streaks Continue

The following 100+ degree streaks are current and include today's highs:

Grandfield:  21 days  (streak began Aug  2)
Walters:     21 days  (streak began Aug  2)
Waurika:     21 days  (streak began Aug  2)
Clayton:     20 days  (streak began Aug  3)
Ringling:    13 days  (streak began Aug 10)
Antlers:      8 days  (streak began Aug 15)
Burneyville:  8 days  (streak began Aug 15)
Cloudy:       8 days  (streak began Aug 15)
Madill:       8 days  (streak began Aug 15)
Broken Bow:   7 days  (streak began Aug 16)
Durant:       7 days  (streak began Aug 16)
Hugo:         7 days  (streak began Aug 16)
Idabel:       7 days  (streak began Aug 16)
Lane:         7 days  (streak began Aug 16)