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Reversal of fortune






No, I will not blame you for your eyes being drawn to the 800-pound hurricane
taking up nearly the entire Texas Gulf Coast. I have the same problem when I look
in a mirror and see a glare coming back at me from above my forehead! It's
acceptable. But the Cat-1 storm (when it hit Texas) has already knocked out power
to about a million people, and it's headed towards SE Oklahoma. It will probably
go just to their southeast, so southeast of southeast Oklahoma, but it should
still provide ample rainfall to just about the last part of the state that needed
a good dose. Up to 4-6 inches are being forecast, but that could go up a bit in
localized areas, and there's also a wind advisory for a bit of that spin left.







Thankfully, other than the flooding threat, the severe weather threat will stay
with the upper-right quadrant of the circulation.



The rainfall from Beryl will complete a magnificent reversal (hey, Magnificent
Reversal was my band's name in 8th grade!) of fortune for a state that was
headed for some serious drought with flash drought spreading over the last 60
days. Now, the maps look quite a bit nicer for Oklahoma.







Now I know you're probably saying to yourself "but Gary, surely you can see all
those deficits on those 60-day maps?" First off, your name's not Gary, and my
name's not Shirley. And B, you are correct, but they're a darned sight better
than what they were. And it's just in the nick of time as well, because summer
comes roaring back this week and beyond!





And you'll notice the 7-day rain forecast map looks nearly identical to the 48-
hour map.



Hey, we all know the score during summer in Oklahoma. This type of map:



Will lead to this type of map:



That's a lot better than it could have been, though.

Gary McManus
State Climatologist
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climate Survey
gmcmanus@ou.edu