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Sept-ly?




Just like my hair follicles, I'm officially off today, but I had to Tock to you
about our brush with early fall coming this week (and much of next week). Early
EARLY fall...like 2nd week of September stuff. Highs in the 80s, lows in the
60s. Yeah, I know what you're saying: "Gary, you are so awesome!" You're darned
right I am, but you're also probably saying "When do we have highs in the 80s
in the second week of September?" Well, it happens...thus, Jul-tember. The fun
actually starts on Wednesday with a nice cold front, and that mild-for-July
weather should last well into next week.





I'll say it again...the longer you can spend below normal (temperatures...not
intelligence, ask me sometime) in July, the better your summer will be. Just like
the longer you can spend ABOVE normal in January, the better your winter will be.
There will also be a chance of rain here and there, so be sure to be here or
there, but not there or here.



The rain looks to amp up a bit over the weekend, when you add on those other
2 days.



Those lows though!





Forecasting weather in the summer can be more confounding than four Okies at a
4-way stop trying to figure out who goes first, but this looks like a sure thing.

And yeah, JUST GO ALREADY!

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