Ticker for February 2, 2023

                
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Stupid rodent




That's about cover winter, right? Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, but if
it ices, game over. We are currently trying to creep above freezing across the
state, still slow-going under this cloud cover. We do see this storm pulling away
and the moisture-less NW is now getting full sun, having been shut out of this
storm.







We now get a nice reprieve (as soon as we melt!) for a few days before our next
storm system in the middle of next week. Heck, look at Monday! Poteau Pete was
right!



Still need this rain to spread more to the west to give our moisture-starved
friends out that way some more rain. We did see some improvements in our
drought situation across eastern Oklahoma, but still no help out west.





No word on whether South Canadian Charlie, the State Catfish, saw his shadow.
It's dark down there at the bottom.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
gmcmanus@mesonet.org