Ticker for November 2, 2018

                
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Welcome to our newest station!




Unfortunately, we lost our Bowlegs. NO NO NO, we didn't have some sort of
orthopedic operation, we had to move our Bowlegs (BOWL) site due to some siting
issues with trees. And as I've said many times, trees are a scourge along the
horizon, robbing you of the all-important 360-degree view so desperately needed
by us folks transplanted from the Panhandle.

Yes, I'm seeking help.

But don't think of it as losing a site, because we moved north just up the road
from Bowlegs in Seminole County to Seminole. The new site, SEMI, is still very
close to Bowlegs, about 4 miles SSW of Seminole and about 4 miles west of the old
BOWL site. Here are a few more particulars:


Seminole (SEMI)

Station Number: 143

Location: 4 miles SSW of Seminole
County: Seminole
Commissioned: 10/30/2018

Latitude: 35.176600° / 35° 10' 35" N
Longitude: -96.700280° / 96° 42' 1" W

Elevation: 292 meters above Mean Sea Level (958 feet )


So far, since commissioning the site on Oct. 30, 2018, SEMI has had a maximum
temp of 58 degrees, a minimum temp of 43 degrees, and 0.38 inches of rain. Max
wind speed was 23.2 mph.



It will take a bit of time to incorporate SEMI into our web products and
whatnot, but be assured it is out there collecting data as we speak.

Now onto the important part...how do we pronounce Seminole's new ID? SEMI.

I'm gonna stop ya right there, and I'm gonna let ya finish, Taylor, but first
I'm gonna say go with "sem-eye." Don't go all haywire and start saying "sem-eee"
or "sem-uh."

We already have "my-am-uh" (Miami) in the state that causes problems, and
don't think we haven't noticed you, DOO-RANT!!

We want to give a big round of applause to our Mesonet Technicians for getting
the new site up and running. They roam the state keeping all 120 sites cranking
out data, battling the elements and whatever wildlife decides to come along in
their duties. They're the backbone of this whole shebang. Here are a couple of
pics of them in action at SEMI.





And here's a pic of General Patton at Sicily in 1943. Just because.



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