Ticker for November 12, 2020

                
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Friends, Ardmorites, Countrymen




Oh, so sorry I tried to class the joint up with a little Bill Shakespeare (his
friends call him William, his bartender calls him Bill). What, you want another
"Road House" reference? "I though you'd be bigger, drought." Well, dang it, I wish
I had thought of that earlier. Hard to have much fun when you're playing
Whack-A-Drought for the last 10 months or so (10 years is more like it). We
finally get the drought down to a serviceable level, then darned if we don't go
another two weeks without significant moisture across most of the state.



And that just adds to the deficits we've seen growing across southern Oklahoma
(and other parts) for the last couple of months.







Thus, we get the changes across SC and SE OK on today's new Drought Monitor
map, as well as a bit of an adjustment back to abnormally dry conditions in
north central Oklahoma.



Now there is a chance of some rain Friday night into Saturday as we see fronts
tonight and then again Saturday night, but I'm afraid the amounts won't be
enough to blast some more drought away. Maybe stop it in its tracks, I guess.









I'm afraid the Panhandle will go completely without, and they'll probably be
dealing with wildfires on Saturday.



Still looking for that next big storm on the horizon. The long-range forecast
models are just hinting at something Thanksgiving week, but that's a fantasycast
at best this far out...a big fantasy rainstorm. Wouldn't a big snowstorm be
grand?

GASP! Et tu, Ticker?

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