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Soup is on




I believe it was French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir who once said "Winter is
really dumb." Wait, maybe that was Judge Judy.

Hey, do you know why French Philosophers don't like cheese fries?

It's against their Brie-lief system.

If you think that was bad, take a look at this 7-day forecast temperature(s)
graph from NWS Norman.



And while technically the cold (cool?) spell coming over the weekend isn't all
that wintry, it becomes that way when we've had several days of 70s, 80s, and
90s...15 to 20 degrees above normal!



Boo!! BOOOOO!!! Boo this cold front! Heck, we might even see some freezing weather
up in the Panhandle, which is still firmly in their climatological wheelhouse.







But (and that's a big but), at least fronts can come with rain chances, all the
way through the weekend. Unfortunately, not nearly enough in northern and
western OK where flash drought continues to flourish.



Hey, do you know why I only eat sweet potatoes?

Because I think, therefore I yam.

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