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Every year?




Okay, I've had it. Yes, me: famous warm-monger; myself: "bring on summer!"; and
I: "Would be nicer if there were 10 more degrees on that high temperature," have
been brought to my limit.

Tired tired tired tired tired!

"I wonder if he's tired?"

Sometime around 3 p.m. yesterday, as I lugged groceries into the house, sweat
pouring off me (heck, even my groceries were sweating), I thought to myself
"there has to be a better way!" And then I found it in the 7-day forecast.

FALL!

Ladies and Gentlemen, you wanted a miracle, I give you the
F.
B.
I.

No wait, that's "Die Hard."

Ladies and Gentlemen, you wanted a miracle, I give you the
Great.
State.
Fair.
of.
Oklahoma.





Okay okay, let's get technical here. When we see those high temperatures down
into the 80s on Monday, TECHNICALLY that's before the State Fair, but it is
the State Fair week, so it counts. And even more technically, we can take a look
at the afternoon temperatures on Sept. 14, the Fair's opening day, to show that
it's gonna get even better. At least the European forecast model's fantasy-cast.



And let's be honest...cats are much better than dogs (FIGHT ME!), AND even
those lower 90s are better than what we saw this weekend.





It can't be just me. Come on, who thought we were gonna have an easy summer
going into the third week of July. Show of hands. Ugh, where you been with
those things! Just nod.



And then where we ended up, through yesterday.



And if 90s are your breaking point...





Exactly! We've packed a summer full of fun into the last 6 weeks or so. Other
than a bit there at the end of July and early August, the weather has been
just to the left of brutal.



So as the upper-level high starts to pull back to the west, we should see more
cold fronts (heck, there's a cold front in the state right now for crying out
loud!)



and rain chances.



Just be glad we didn't start a month earlier, like last year.



We'll cover rain and fire tomorrow. Hopefully not fiery rain.

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