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Egg on our forecast




Okay, so this didn't eggsactly (HA! YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE! EGGCELLENT!) work
out as we had hoped.



And neither did this.



But hey, those WERE 7-day rain forecasts, so in the 4-5 days since those were
posted, we did get rain, just not everywhere (as in "most of the state"). Here's
the rainfall map, without the splattered egg.



Really good rains fell down along the Red River and up into the periphery of
both the eastern and western borders...other than that, localized rains here and
there and a whole lot of light blues to whites. However, our chances aren't over
yet! Another upper-level storm should come through tonight that will up those
odds for rain once again. Here are the forecast amounts for tonight and tomorrow,
and then a few graphics from the NWS offices helped to explain where and when.






And THEN we will have another chance as we see an additional cool front sometime
around Wednesday or so, as evidenced by the NWS Amarillo and Norman long-range
planners.




So we're not necessarily done with the rain just yet, although I can't get Usain
Bolt or that weird dog with the goggles to give us any guarantees again. But hey,
ain't these temperatures a peach?




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