Ticker for August 11, 2003

                
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Welcome, Rain

The skies were a bit more generous during the last week than they
were during the previous Ticker hiatus.  Parts of western Oklahoma
received well more than an inch during the week, which is always
a victory in August:



However, a repeated theme in summer Tickers is that summer precip
is often spotty in its coverage.  That was the case last week, and
much of north-central Oklahoma still suffers from an increasing
water deficit:



Another repeated theme in the Ticker, and by Mother Nature, this
summer has been that summer precip often comes with a violent
pricetag.  Here are selected wind gusts in the last week, as
observed by the Oklahoma Mesonet:

Station        Wind Gust   Date    Time

Copan          72 mph      Aug 5    9:55 pm
Hooker         65 mph      Aug 8   11:00 pm
Hooker         62 mph      Aug 8   10:55 pm
Copan          62 mph      Aug 5    9:50 pm
Copan          61 mph      Aug 5   10:00 pm
Goodwell       60 mph      Aug 8   10:30 pm
Arnett         59 mph      Aug 9    1:50 am
Arnett         59 mph      Aug 4    5:45 pm
Beaver         57 mph      Aug 9   12:10 am
Goodwell       57 mph      Aug 8   10:25 pm
Goodwell       57 mph      Aug 8   10:20 pm
Walters        56 mph      Aug 9    6:35 am
Putnam         56 mph      Aug 9    3:35 am
Arnett         54 mph      Aug 9    1:55 am
Walters        52 mph      Aug 9    6:30 am
Arnett         52 mph      Aug 5    5:55 pm
Walters        51 mph      Aug 9    6:40 am
Arnett         51 mph      Aug 9    2:00 am
Goodwell       51 mph      Aug 8   10:35 pm
Sallisaw       50 mph     Aug 10    4:55 pm
Medicine Park  50 mph      Aug 9    6:00 am