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My Momma used to say "life is like a box of chocolates...somebody comes in and
pushes their thumb into all of them to see what they are before deciding if they
want one or not, and so you end up throwing the whole box away."

Ya see, I was going to go with a Forrest Gump "and one day, it started raining..."
meme, but then I figured I'd jinx it and so I just threw the whole meme away. So
hopefully SPEAKING about a jinx doesn't actually JINX it anyway, but then again
I just spoke about the jinx so would that jinx the jinx?

Well now I done jinxed jinxing the jinx, so aught from not, two spins and a knock
on wood later, we're still seeing rainfall out the wazoo (call it: the Taco Bell
effect) coming up for this weekend and extending into next week.



And hey, it's spring (today, at least) so you know what comes with it!

Correct, green Gatorade and Funyuns!

Oh, and severe weather. Watch out for Friday and Saturday. Tornado threat is
low (but not zero, of course), but wind and hail will definitely be threats. And
flash flooding (of course, part 2).





Ahhh, but before we get there we have slight chances for some storms tonight
across NW OK, possibly strong at times, and then bigtime fire danger tomorrow.





There's already a fire weather watch out for tomorrow across much of western
Oklahoma, and don't be surprised if we see a Red Flag Warning replace some of
that area.



Also don't be surprised if you see Gary Busey eating at the Braum's in Clinton,
but that's neither here nor there (or elsewhere).

Speaking of elsewhere, you'll want to be there (elsewhere...get it?) tomorrow
when we see 45-60 mph winds and blowing dust behind the dryline, with
temperatures up in the upper 80s and 90s.



If only we could jinx the bad stuff, too.

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