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By Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey We talked last week about our underwhelming (thus far) rainy season for much of the state. Our wet March turned into a partially-wet April for some, but the moisture slowdown began for real in mid-April. Northern Oklahoma saw a ton of rain the last few days of [...] There will be a relatively rare annular eclipse of the sun on the late afternoon of Sunday, May 20th, 2012. The full disk of the sun will not be obscured; but about 96% of the disk will be, leaving a ring of sunlight around the moon. By Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey Mother Nature is determined to make me look stupid, and I definitely don’t need any help in that department. I’ve been bragging continuously how the spring rains will help keep our summer from going to the extreme side. Well, that was a good idea in principle, except [...] Here are 4-day rainfall totals for the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles following the sustained rain event over the weekend, as reported by the US National Weather Service in Amarillo:
By Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey There’s a reason drought is known as the “creeping hazard.” It will often manifest itself and gain a toe-hold before you realize it. You take your eye off of drier areas, drawn by other weather matters such as tornadoes and torrential By Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey Oklahoman reporter Bryan Painter sends along word from southwestern Oklahoma that wheat harvest has started already, possibly as early as it ever has, at least in the memory of some local wheat folks: By Gary McManus, Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey So many tidbits, so little time. Just doesn’t seem like we can get an extended period of boring weather in Oklahoma, and as a climatologist, I do boring for a living! Regardless, here are some of the strange and fascinating (remember, I deal in boring for a [...] |
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