Ticker for October 15, 2001

                
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Wind Chill is Back!

As the jet stream makes its way back to our part of the world, it brings
many things: standard time, dormant lawns, snowflakes.  Perhaps the most
anticipated wintertime return is the Mesonet wind chill map.  It begins
its half-year reign over the heat index map today!  You can find it
in the "Data Plots" subsection of the "Current Maps" section of each
Mesonet data page.


Speaking of Wind Chill ...

There's something in the air today.  It's called "Kansas".  Strong
winds associated with a powerful cold front have kicked up dust across
the southern Great Plains.  Temperatures have already dipped into the
40s in northern Oklahoma, with wind chill values in the 20s!

Here are some of today's strongest wind gusts (so far, as of 1:30 pm):

Station       Gust     Time
Arnett        61 mph    9:40 am
Breckinridge  59 mph   11:15 am
Breckinridge  57 mph   11:10 am
Kingfisher    56 mph   11:35 am
Camargo       56 mph   11:05 am
Putnam        55 mph   11:55 am
Cheyenne      55 mph   11:50 am
Camargo       55 mph   11:35 am
Breckinridge  55 mph   11:30 am
Breckinridge  55 mph   11:20 am
Breckinridge  55 mph   11:00 am
Breckinridge  55 mph   10:50 am