Ticker for September 19, 2016

                
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Unpack the tank tops




Aww, isn't that cat cute in his sweater? Let me just say it's odd to put a
sweater on a creature that is already wearing a permanent sweater (if only my
scale were so lucky), but that's just me. Now you may have heard sometime over
the last month that summer was dead, we've seen our last hundred, Buffalo is
the great place in the universe. Hey, 2 our of 3 ain't bad!

The truth is summer isn't dead, and while it is going to be close, we also
possibly (and dangerously close to "probably") haven't seen our last 100 in the
state. I'm going to go ahead and lay odds that Hooker sees 100. I'll hedge my bets
and have Tipton and Grandfield to place and show. Now it's going to last awhile
longer, but we will eventually cool down to more seasonable temps as we get
closer to the end of the week.







We did have a heckuva rain over the weekend bringing much needed relief to the
southern half of Oklahoma



but you add heat dome camped over us and lots of sunshine to all that moisture
in the soil and you get a swampy, sticky mess



Now many a weather guy falls for the old "summer is over, fall is here" bit
with the first couple of fronts in the first half of September. Not this
climate guy, however. I know the pain of that late September 100 that crops
up somewhere during the last week of the month. Am I predicting that?

NO!

Am I skeered of it?

Sorta.

Am I out of things to write today.

Yes.

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