Ticker for May 12, 2014

                
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What happened to the Kaboom?

Well, our widespread heavy rain event scheduled for last night into this morning
was apparently yet another in a long line of duds, at least for most. There was
a blob of over an inch down in Beckham and Roger Mills counties, and a few other
streaks of a half-inch or so across NW OK, but other than that, a while lotta
nothing (although it is still raining in some areas, but it doesn't look like
western Oklahoma is going to get much more).




There is a chance for that line of storms to fill in as the front moves through
(but it had better giddy-up!).




After the front passes, we go back to more of March-April type weather for a
couple of days with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s.






At least central and eastern Oklahoma still has a chance for some decent (to
whopping, possibly) totals that could still be drought-denters. For western
Oklahoma, a cold, chilly dry mid-May day that will just see further damage to
Oklahoma's wheat and canola crops.





As for May thus far, at least through this morning, Dudsville for most. And
following this system, we can expect another long period without rain chances
... at least until the weekend, apparently, but nothing major showing up there,
either.

Here are the Mesonet rainfall maps for May thus far, and also for the year-to-
date thus far. Remember, eastern Oklahoma might see some pretty hefty totals
that could change these maps, but western Oklahoma's appear to to locked in
for awhile longer. The Panhandle has seen an average of 0.02" of rain so far
this May.

Wow.







The cold front is actually a blessing in disguise since it will help slow down
the drought's acceleration across the northwestern half of the state.

But, what happened to the Kaboom? No idea, but I'm pretty sure the fuse wasn't
put out by any rainfall. There's about a month left in our normal rainy season.
After that, the Kaboom will be the sun going all 2011 summer on us.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
(405) 325-2253
gmcmanus@mesonet.org