Ticker for August 6, 2008

                
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Mother Nature Has A Great PR Department

The power of persuasion is evident today. Somehow, Mother Nature
has convinced the public and her meteorologists that today's mid-90s
temperatures are the result of something called a "cold front".

Nice marketing. In other news, Mother Nature was heard claiming that
New Coke was "just as good as the old stuff". Maybe we can get her to
claim that the Ticker's editing gaffes "help stimulate observant
readers" or some nonsense like that.

Anyway, it's true, we guess. Temps have dropped since yesterday:



That map is updated every five minutes on the Mesonet web site:

http://www.mesonet.org/

Click on the "Air Temperature" tab, then select "24-hour Temperature
Change" in the right menu.