http://i.imgur.com/iNWMeKK.jpg

Image of the Denver storm, posted on reddit.

(All of the following are said, in-general) After living here for 10+ years, I find that the storms and what is considered "severe" in Denver vs. what is so frequently experienced in OKC are quite different. At this altitude, Denver gets far more hail out of storms than in OK - but its often not hard hail but sleet-like groppel. Its not uncommon to see video of areas that receive hail piled several inches deep. The storms don't form in organized lines until they get out over the plains. It also doesn't seem storms get nearly as severe as the ones in OK before they can produce a funnel. Storms in OK seem to be far more violent before being termed "severe." We very rarely get the huge wind storms or the emerald green glow that comes before those incredible monsoon downpours. 30-40 miles east of Denver, and its completely different. Much more Oklahoma-like and bigger tornadoes that just spin themselves out in no-man's land.

I am thankful for the boring season in Oklahoma this year. I think this place needed it after last year's traumatic days.

I am thankful for the boring season in Oklahoma this year. I think this place needed it after last year's traumatic days.

That boring season has also enhanced the drought this year. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good.

Regardless things will balance out - they always do.

Please let this happen:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i.gif

Please let this happen:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i.gif

*Fingers crossed*
This would be awesome especially for SW Okla. When is this for?

*Fingers crossed*
This would be awesome especially for SW Okla. When is this for?

It says on the graph - May 22 through May 27.

Please let this happen:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i.gif

Please shift that 4.8 bullseye to the North Canadian River watershed.

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Nah. Wichita Falls is down to drinking toilet water at this point so I say let'em have the bulk.

As long as it doesn't dump it all at one time, I'm cool with some rain. I just hate standing at my back door, watching it pour, wondering if we're going to float away again or not.

Weather-related PTSD is very real, folks.

Storms currently extend from Newkirk and Ponca City back to the SW through Enid, Canton, Taloga, Leeder, and Cheyenne. Main risks are heavy rain and small hail. Could see some wind as well. Storms further north into KS are severe right now and we have had confirmed reports of a quick spin up/tornado with them there. Not ruling it out for us, but the risk is quite small.

All those radar echoes in the Texas Panhandle is a beautiful sight!

All those radar echoes in the Texas Panhandle is a beautiful sight!

Yes. Roaming storms riding along outflow boundaries is the perfect way to help drought conditions. Just good solid variety storms.

This 7-day forecast is beautiful.

http://cache.ltvcms.com/kfor/weather/7dayx314.jpg

It is what we need. Norman right now is around a deficit of 12 inches so far for the year to date. Hopefully we get our storm season in June to help catch up.

All that rain in the west going to head this way?

All that rain in the west going to head this way?

Eventually it'll build this way as the cut off low...slowly...very very slowly...moves east.

Update precip forecast from OUN...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/oun/graphicast/image1.jpg

It is what we need. Norman right now is around a deficit of 12 inches so far for the year to date. Hopefully we get our storm season in June to help catch up.

Hey Venture, How is June looking for us storm wise? I know it is probably too early to tell much yet but have you noticed any pattern changes in the long range outlooks that may be hope full for us for more rain?

Well the models are nailing this one, so far. This super slow moving storm is pretty much made to counter the drought. Beautiful sight.

It is going to be very close from C to E OKin terms of ruining Memorial weekend plans outdoors. E OK looks to have the best shot at not seeing rain until at least later towards Monday. But it is going to be close and unpredictable.

Right now large area of precip is just camped out over TX panhandle and spilling into W/SW OK.


Here are maps to KIND OF help you determine what days you have best shot at rain this holiday weekend:

Next 1-3 days:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d13_fill.gif

Sunday into next week:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/95ep48iwbg_fill.gif

Grand totals just within 7 day period (this could go on longer):

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p168i.gif

Hey Venture, How is June looking for us storm wise? I know it is probably too early to tell much yet but have you noticed any pattern changes in the long range outlooks that may be hope full for us for more rain?

A bit too early to tell, but the moisture form this current system could definitely help with it. At least hopefully keep gulf moisture from mixing out so fast for later setups. Oh course June can be mixed in how we get storms. Either the typical dryline stuff we normally see in May or the Northwest Flow MCS activity that bring the motherships in from CO/KS.

Looking long-range GFS. We look to be in an unsettled pattern for at least the first full week of June.

I am absolutely shocked at this system, and to think we could have several more of the same crawl through here is amazing.

Looking long-range GFS. We look to be in an unsettled pattern for at least the first full week of June.

I am absolutely shocked at this system, and to think we could have several more of the same crawl through here is amazing.

Just as good as a tropical system for the most part.

Charles to your question...the new GFS is still running. I'll post an update for long range storm once that and the Euro are done this afternoon.

A bit too early to tell, but the moisture form this current system could definitely help with it. At least hopefully keep gulf moisture from mixing out so fast for later setups. Oh course June can be mixed in how we get storms. Either the typical dryline stuff we normally see in May or the Northwest Flow MCS activity that bring the motherships in from CO/KS.

I remember last summer we got NW flow MCS storms pretty much all summer long, even in July and August before the faucet was pretty much shut off in the fall. Hopefully the same thing happens this year.

Some slow moving rain in the Western Metro right now. One stronger cell with some occasional small hail possible into Northern Grady/Southern Canadian. The mainly light to moderate rain behind that back to about Altus. Some popup storms forming over Northern OK back to the SW towards Enid. Don't see anything getting too out of control today, just some good rain for a few. A few locations in SW OK picked up 1 to almost 3 inches of rain today in the last 6 hours. So keep hoping. Norman is at day 46 straight without getting 0.25" of rain or more.

Some slow moving rain in the Western Metro right now. One stronger cell with some occasional small hail possible into Northern Grady/Southern Canadian. The mainly light to moderate rain behind that back to about Altus. Some popup storms forming over Northern OK back to the SW towards Enid. Don't see anything getting too out of control today, just some good rain for a few. A few locations in SW OK picked up 1 to almost 3 inches of rain today in the last 6 hours. So keep hoping. Norman is at day 46 straight without getting 0.25" of rain or more.

Is there somewhere online where we can watch Canton lake fill up? I remember someone posted a thread a while back that showed this data but can't seem to fine it. This rain is a true blessing.

Is there somewhere online where we can watch Canton lake fill up? I remember someone posted a thread a while back that showed this data but can't seem to fine it. This rain is a true blessing.

This is the best one, but having issues loading today: http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/CANT.lakepage.html

Also can see some info at: USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07238500 Canton Lake near Canton, OK (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?07238500)

This is the best one, but having issues loading today: http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/CANT.lakepage.html

Also can see some info at: USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07238500 Canton Lake near Canton, OK (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?07238500)

Yes that 1st link is the one that shows like on an hourly basis I believe. Not loading right now though. Thanks.

Yes that 1st link is the one that shows like on an hourly basis I believe. Not loading right now though. Thanks.

Just loaded for me tonight. 21% full...so really no improvement at all for months.

will the clouds move out so we can see this meteor shower?

will the clouds move out so we can see this meteor shower?

I'm hardly an expert, plupan, but I can answer that. NO

I hardly an expert, plupan, but I can answer that. NO:(

Some good rain yesterday for many. More on the way later today.
http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/rainrfc.24hr.png-

Day 47 in Norman now. At least we got something yesterday.

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png?1400944360836

Nice cell headed towards Lake Canton

Nice lil gully washer in far NW OKC.

Hopefully that cell will sit right over Canton and flood the lake area with rain. Any reports from the folks up there?

The sunset is stunning tonight.

The sunset is stunning tonight.

Yes. Amazing.

Slight Risk today far SW OK.

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

VALID 261200Z - 271200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS A LARGE PORTION OF W TX...FAR
SWRN OK...

...SUMMARY...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF
WESTERN TEXAS INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELSEWHERE...STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...THE UPPER MIDWEST...AND
PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND.

...SYNOPSIS...
A SPLIT FLOW REGIME ACROSS THE CONUS WILL FEATURE A SRN STREAM
CLOSED LOW SLOWLY PROGRESSING EWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS. STRONGER
FLOW ALOFT ACCOMPANYING A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL OVERSPREAD THE PAC
NW AND NRN ROCKIES. FARTHER DOWNSTREAM...UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT E OF
THE MS VALLEY...WHILE BROADLY CYCLONIC FLOW PERSISTS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST.

...PARTS OF W AND S TX..
AN UPPER IMPULSE NOTED IN EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WAS
MOVING EWD ACROSS NWRN MX...AND IS FORECAST TO REACH THE TX BIG BEND
AREA BY MID-MORNING MON. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ABOUT THE PREVALANCE OF
CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS FEATURE ACROSS
W/W-CNTRL TX...WHICH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON POSITION OF KEY
MESOSCALE FEATURES /E.G. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES/.

A SLIGHT EWD DISPLACEMENT OF THE PERSISTENT CLOSED MID/UPPER-LEVEL
LOW INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WILL OCCUR. MIDLEVEL SWLYS ATTENDANT TO
SURROUNDING AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW ARE FORECAST TO BE SLIGHTLY
STRONGER TODAY THAN PREVIOUS DAYS /E.G. 40 KTS AT 500 MB/. A MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER IS ALREADY IN PLACE...AND WITH AT LEAST MODEST SFC
HEATING /TEMPS 70S-80S F/...MLCAPE VALUES RANGING FROM 1000-2000
J/KG APPEAR LIKELY IN AREAS UNPERTURBED BY MORNING CONVECTION. AMPLE
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 35-45 KT WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS.


CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL LIKELY BE FOCUSED ALONG PREEXISTING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INVOF THE TX PERMIAN BASIN/EDWARDS PLATEAU
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A SHARPER MOISTURE
GRADIENT/DRYLINE WILL ALSO EXIST ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE INTO ERN
NM...AND SHOULD SUPPORT ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH LARGER-SCALE ASCENT ATTENDANT TO THE UPPER
LOW...CONTINGENT ON SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION.

PRIMARY SVR THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LARGE HAIL GIVEN THE
PRESENCE OF STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES AND GENERALLY WEAK LOW-LEVEL
FLOW. HOWEVER...THE RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO MAY EXIST WITH
SUPERCELLS THAT INTERACT FAVORABLY WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. LOCALLY
DMGG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

Slight Risk expanded NE somewhat with the newest update. Risk area is generally south of I-40 and west of Hinton - Chickasha - Velma - Ringling line.

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0815 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

VALID 261300Z - 271200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS TX AND SWRN OK...

CORRECTED FOR HAIL LINE

...SUMMARY...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WEST
AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELSEWHERE...STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...UPPER MIDWEST...AND NEW ENGLAND.

...SYNOPSIS...
IN MIDDLE-UPPER LEVELS...PRIMARY INFLUENCE ON SVR POTENTIAL THIS
PERIOD WILL BE PERSISTENT/SLOW-MOVING CYCLONE -- CENTERED AT 12Z
OVER NWRN NM. PRIOR/00Z 500-MB ISALLOHYPSIC ANALYSIS SHOWED LACK OF
HEIGHT FALLS AND INCREASING AREAL COVERAGE OF RISES IN ALL QUADRANTS
OF THIS CYCLONE...INDICATING THAT THE FILLING PROCESS HAS BEGUN.
500-MB LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT ACCELERATES ESEWD
TO CDS/LTS REGION BY 12Z. IN AFFECTED FLOW FIELDS ALOFT...MCV NOW
EVIDENT IN REFLECTIVITY FIELDS AND STLT IMAGERY OVER
CENTRAL/N-CENTRAL TX SHOULD EJECT NEWD TO SERN MO/SERN KS
REGION...SIMILARLY TO RR FCST. THIS FEATURE ALSO IS DEPICTED BY
26/06Z NAM...BUT THAT MODEL ODDLY SPLITS/DISPLACES MUCH OF ITS
VORTICITY FIELD STRONGLY RIGHTWARD OF WINDS ALOFT.

ELSEWHERE...MIDDLE-UPPER-LEVEL CYCLONE OVER QUE SHOULD TRACK SEWD
ACROSS WRN MARITIME PROVINCES. SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW APCHG WA COAST
WILL MOVE NEWD ACROSS WA TODAY...THEN PHASE WITH ANOTHER WEAK
PERTURBATION TONIGHT TO FORM BROAD/WEAK CLOSED CYCLONE OVER NRN
POTIONS AB/SK.

AT SFC...11Z ANALYSIS SHOWED COLD FRONT FROM FAR NRN ONTARIO SWWD
ACROSS NERN MN TO WEAK LOW OVER CENTRAL SD...THEN NWWD OVER ERN MT
TO ANOTHER WEAK LOW ALONG MT/SK BORDER. COLD FRONTOGENESIS WAS
EVIDENT SW OF LATTER LOW ACROSS CENTRAL/SWRN MT. FRONT SHOULD MOVE
SLOWLY EWD ACROSS MOST OF MT THROUGH PERIOD. AND SEWD ACROSS
PORTIONS WI...MN...NRN IA AND NERN NEB. FARTHER S...SEVERAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES WERE EVIDENT OVER TX/OK FROM BOTH ONGOING AND PRIOR
CONVECTION DATING BACK TO YESTERDAY AFTN. DRYLINE WAS ANALYZED FROM
WEAK LOW OVER SERN CO SSWWD ACROSS ERN NM THEN SSEWD OVER BIG BEND
REGION OF W TX. MIXING MIGHT MOVE DRYLINE SLIGHTLY EWD TODAY...BUT
ALSO WILL ACT TO SHARPEN ITS DEFINITION.

...SRN PLAINS...
SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTN...INITIALLY IN DISCRETE TO SMALL-CLUSTER MODES OF MULTICELLS
AND SUPERCELLS. ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS.
MAIN POTENTIAL GENESIS ZONES APPEAR TO BE DRYLINE AND OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION NOW OVER SERN PANHANDLE AND NW TX NEAR
CAPROCK. THIS BOUNDARY REMAINS PROGRESSIVE...AND THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY WHERE IT WILL SETTLE DEPENDING ON
1. DEPTH OF DENSITY CURRENT...WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN GIVEN
ITS LOCATION IN UPPER-AIR DATA VOID...AND
2. DURATION/REDEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED CONVECTION TO ITS N THAT
WOULD DEEPEN AND REINFORCE ASSOCIATED DENSITY CURRENT.

CHARACTER AND ULTIMATE STALLING/RETREAT POSITION OF THAT BOUNDARY
WILL PLAY SUBSTANTIAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF
CONVECTION LATER TODAY...INCLUDING CONDITIONAL TORNADO POTENTIAL FOR
ANY SUSTAINED/DISCRETE SUPERCELLS. ACTIVITY SHOULD AGGREGATE INTO
ONE OR TWO PRIMARY COMPLEXES LATE AFTN INTO TONIGHT...MOVING EWD
ACROSS OUTLOOK AREA. SFC DEW POINTS ARE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN
PREVIOUS DAYS OVER MOST OF THIS AREA THANKS TO ANTECEDENT CONVECTIVE
PROCESSES...HOWEVER SFC HEATING AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE SHOULD
SUPPORT 1000-2000 J/KG PEAK MLCAPE IN AIR MASS THAT IS PRECONVECTIVE
WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT/AFTN ACTIVITY. DEEP SHEAR WILL BE SOMEWHAT
LESS THAN BEFORE ALSO...DUE TO WEAKENING OF MID-UPPER-LEVEL
CYCLONE...BUT STILL ADEQUATE FOR AT LEAST INTERMITTENT SUPERCELLS.

So the low is finally moving by?

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Nah. Wichita Falls is down to drinking toilet water at this point so I say let'em have the bulk.

I take it they're out of Brawndo.



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So the low is finally moving by?

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Not yet. Still out in NM.

Update...storm moving up through McClain/Cleveland county will have heavy rain and some hail. Got a tweet about a wall cloud with the storm up in Harrah, but nothing significant out there.

Left turning storm over Moore has a chance of bringing some pretty gusty winds to South OKC, Valley Brooke, Moore, and eventually Downtown if it holds together.

South Norman getting some good rain, with more coming up from Goldsby. Another stronger storm out east of Blanchard heading for Newcastle.

Canton Lake has come up 4% in the last couple of days. Here's to more rain in the basin.

Canton Lake (http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/CANT.lakepage.html)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd0716.gif

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0716
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0618 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN TX INTO SWRN OK

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 262318Z - 270045Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT

SUMMARY...ISOLATED STRONG-MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING WITH A RISK FOR HAIL AND/OR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. A WATCH IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.

DISCUSSION...TRENDS IN REGIONAL RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATE
THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF A N-S-ORIENTED BAND OF TSTMS FROM KIOWA
COUNTY OK INTO WILBARGER AND NRN BAYLOR COUNTIES TX...NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF A COUPLE OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THE LOCAL
ENVIRONMENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A RELATIVELY WARM...MOIST BOUNDARY
LAYER WITH MLCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG ESTIMATED BY LATEST RAP-BASED
GUIDANCE.

STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE EVENING AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT/DCVA STRENGTHENS AHEAD
OF THE EWD-MOVING UPPER LOW. WHILE ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF HAIL AND
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS --AND EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO-- ARE
POSSIBLE...LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR MAGNITUDE WILL REMAIN
RATHER WEAK OWING TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER
/REF. CURRENT FREDRICK OK WSR-88D VAD/.

..MEAD.. 05/26/2014

Left turning storm over Moore has a chance of bringing some pretty gusty winds to South OKC, Valley Brooke, Moore, and eventually Downtown if it holds together.

South Norman getting some good rain, with more coming up from Goldsby. Another stronger storm out east of Blanchard heading for Newcastle.
Isn't this type of left turning storm unusual? I was watching 9 and Payne was talking about that.

So far the OKC area has barely received enough rainfall from this system to put a dent in the May deficit let alone the yearly deficit. Do you think any of this rain will park over OKC before all is said and done?

Have only had an extremely brief and sad shower here in far SW OKC today

Gotten some nice{not great}rain totals since Friday here in NW OKC.

Still pretty jealous here in Norman. Got an OK sprinkling earlier, but we are still way short. I'm hoping we end up repeating June of 07/08 when it seemed to rain all month. Luckily western OK seems to be getting a pretty good drenching these past few days. Long overdue.

Today, much of the northeast quadrant of Oklahoma is where it's at for the most good rain. Amounts fairly common in the 1 to 3 inch range.

During these rainy days Stillwater has been largely bypassed, especially if you live on the wrong side of town. Stillwater Regional Airport has only had .21" so far, while my side of town has had .71". Most of that from late Sunday afternoon when a series of showers developed northeast of Oklahoma City and moved through.

It's unusually good how the rainy spell has been able to come about with hardly any storm watches put out for Oklahoma. Hopefully, a rainy pattern has been established strong and lasting enough to break the drought.

We've gotten several little showers and short downpours here on the west side of Lake Hefner. I'm happy to share it with others.

Cut off low finally making progress east today. It is showing up really well on Visible satellite over SW OK. Rain continues on the north side of it and there will be some wrap around later today. Chances start to drop off pretty quick as it moves east. Norman is so freaking close to breaking its streak. It is currently at 0.24" for the last 24 hours. As it stands, it is now at day 50. Overall some welcome rain for a lot of Oklahoma from SW to NE. SE OK and and a few pockets in NW OK didn't cash in as much.

http://climate.cod.edu/data/satellite/1km/Oklahoma/current/Oklahoma.vis.gif

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/rainrfc.168hr.png

Cut off low finally making progress east today. It is showing up really well on Visible satellite over SW OK. Rain continues on the north side of it and there will be some wrap around later today. Chances start to drop off pretty quick as it moves east. Norman is so freaking close to breaking its streak. It is currently at 0.24" for the last 24 hours. As it stands, it is now at day 50. Overall some welcome rain for a lot of Oklahoma from SW to NE. SE OK and and a few pockets in NW OK didn't cash in as much.

http://climate.cod.edu/data/satellite/1km/Oklahoma/current/Oklahoma.vis.gif

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/rainrfc.168hr.png

This is the best rain for Altus in years. My clients there will be in good spirits. My folks in Elk City and Clinton have been pretty depressed lately about the conditions, so this will make them happy as well. On another note: wish there was a Mesonet station at my house. We've had close to three inches in West-Central OKC over the last few days.

Are there any severe weather days on the horizon?

Are there any severe weather days on the horizon?

Middle of next week looks like we could see some. Also GFS has been hinting at a tropical system coming into the Gulf next week as well. So things will start to get more exciting here soon.

Low appears to be centered between Lawton and Chickasha right now. New storms are forming just under the low, mostly on the east side of it. Movement is pretty minimal right now near the center, and to the east for the cells further south. Small hail and heavy rain main threat right now.

Quick spin up funnels, that likely won't reach the ground, are going to be possible with any cell in the southern half of the storm system today - mainly south of Highway 19 at the current time. These might move as far north as Norman later this afternoon.

Question: What is causing the storm to resemble a hurricane of sorts? I am here at work watching the radar and it just looks like everything is circling Ada?

Question: What is causing the storm to resemble a hurricane of sorts? I am here at work watching the radar and it just looks like everything is circling Ada?

A hurricane is just an area of low pressure - that's all this is. Cut off lows tend to look like this.

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png

I'm thinking that last little area is going to get nicely updated today, I live in Harrah and my folks live in Pottawatomie County in Bethel and it's been raining in both locations all day long.