Ticker for July 15, 2019

                
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Jive Talkin'




To quote another great icon of years past, "Missed it by THAT much." While
Hurricane Barry only made it to a Category 1 level, and is now "merely" a tropical
depression, it certainly made itself known to our southeast. It now resides just
to our east as said tropical depression, nearly skirting the OK/AR state line
around Ft. Smith as indicated by the storm's titular namesake in the
above map, in all his 1970's hirsute glory. And feel free to look up both
"titular" and "hirsute." I did. Here's the official National Hurricane Center
view.



The rainfall map is very impressive. This is only for the last day, but still
some very hefty amounts. And it's also a prime example of how the eastern side of
those tropical systems tend to have the greater rainfall footprints.





There is still the potential for 2-6 inches of rainfall from the system as it
moves off to the east and continues to unravel. Eastern Oklahoma could still
get just a bit, but not much it would appear.





Now that's it. Excitement over. Back to the summer doldrums. Watch for the heat
index to once again rise to dangerous levels as we go through the week. And
it won't just feel like a fever on Saturday. You'll also have Tuesday Night
Fever, Wednesday Night Fever, etc.



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