Ticker for May 13, 2024

                
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Good enough!




I have very little time to Tick today, but I just had to Tock about these rains
we're getting. Heck, it's raining right now, for crying out loud!



Now when I say "77-county rains," technically, that's correct, although some got
a lot, but some unfortunately still got a little. But (and that's a big "but"...
you know who you are), like it says...everybody got at least a little. And we've
managed to largely reset these nasty looking maps.





(Everybody glare at Eva and her 41 days)!

And we have rain chances *somewhere* in the state for the next week as well.
We're not talking massive flooding rains here (hey, Massive Flooding Rains was
my band's name in Finishing School!), but some get a lot, some get a little,
but all 77 counties get something.



Quick history lesson...did you know there used to be 78 counties in the state?
Yes, there was a very small GaryMac County down by Gotebo decades ago where
hats were required and trees were optional. It was eventually absorbed into the
surrounding counties when folks realized the glare from all those hair-
challenged heads was causing planes to go off course.

We spread out after that.

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