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Summer Lovin'




I have very little to say about a lot today, but I could say a lot about very
little...how about we just go with a little about a little?

Done! Thanks for reading.

Okay, wait wait, don't go yet. Let's talk about our FALL summer. You know, the
summer we get after SUMMER summer ends? And SUMMER summer did end, although we
did have a one or two days last week of "wait, is SUMMER summer back?" Looking
at the top chart, though, we can clearly see that the magnitude of heat has
dropped from before the State Fair to a much more manageable level. And by
manageable, I mean lack of bursting into flames only to see those flames doused
by the high humidity.

But my contention (not my prerogative, Bobby Brown!) is that this FALL summer is
outstanding weather, the lack of rain notwithstanding, and not-with-standing is
how I spend most of my day. Just look at yesterday's high temperatures.



Wow, that's some serious heat for this time of year, no? Like, 10-15 degrees
above normal in some areas, and...WAIT! I just got a notice of a severe wind
in Woodward. Holy cow, IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW FOR CRYING OUT LOUD (yes, my
"heck" escalated to a "Holy cow")!



Congrats to those folks for the rain they are receiving. LUCKY!



But anyway, back to my original argument...Cherry Pop-Tarts are vastly
superior to Strawberry Pop-Tarts!

Whoops, wrong browser window. Oh yeah, temperatures. So we saw the highs
in the 90s for yesterday's highs, but check out the max heat index values for
yesterday.



Wow, slice some humidity out of the air and you slice some "feels like" off
those temperatures. So that dry heat feels so much better than a humidity-induced
similar high temperature. AND those temperatures drop considerably at night
in that dry air, and right about sunset you have gloriously warm-ish dry air
that is perfect for being outside.

Why do I say this? Because I went outside at sunset last night and it felt
awesome! Hey, if the weather gives you lemons, make Lemon Pop-Tarts! Okay,
gross! Just stick to lemonade.

So get ready for more lemonade in the next 2 weeks or so.







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