Good soaking rains across most of SW and central OK. Eastern OK picking up more rainfall overnight. More rain moving in Saturday and Sunday

https://data.prod.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/rainrfc.72hr.png?cache_bust=1698292384998

Not October related but weather related https://x.com/JwrightIV_WX/status/1714395123860291915?s=20 You can still see the scare from 99 tornado

Cold front has arrived. We will see temps slowly rise late tonight with drizzle and showers developing across the area. Then Saturday evening the main cold front swings through and will send us into the 30s and 40s for a high on Sunday.

Looks like light freezes Monday morning and Tuesday morning. Then a hard freeze Wednesday morning.

Halloween is cold, but dry.


https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/namconus/2023102712/namconus_apcpn_scus_28.png

Friday night walkaround for OSU's homecoming wasn't too bad at all with temps in the lower 50's and wind not blowing too hard. Gametime Saturday doesn't look as nice for tailgating or the game.

This is exactly what the state needed to ease drought in most areas, especially with a dry couple of weeks ahead. Hard freeze for all areas except the Red River valley this Tues and Wed.

Amazing fall weather on tap after Halloween - warm days and cool nights

https://data.prod.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/realtime/rainrfc.168hr.png?cache_bust=1698601840946

Looking ahead after a couple nights below freezing (including a hard freeze Wednesday morning) it will warm up again heading into the weekend. Temps in Stillwater for Bedlam should be in the low 70’s with sunny skies (so OU shouldn’t have any problem passing the ball :) ).

There is a weak system that passes through Sunday that could bring some rain to eastern OK but chances look pretty low. Same for next Tuesday. The next strong storm appears to be around 11/11-12 and looks like another rainmaker with cool temps.

Looks like we're closing the month out with 5.34" in the rain gauge (located a mile west of the I-240/I-35 junction). Year-to-date precip total stands at 37.42" - already almost an inch above the yearly average with 2 months still left to go in 2023.

Looks like we're closing the month out with 5.34" in the rain gauge (located a mile west of the I-240/I-35 junction). Year-to-date precip total stands at 37.42" - already almost an inch above the yearly average with 2 months still left to go in 2023.

Looks pretty close to what the Mesonet shows
https://data.prod.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/drought/totcalendaryear_rain.current.png?cache_bust=169884 7040852

The variation between different parts of the state this year is really bizarre with areas north of Tulsa seemingly not able to fully recover from the drought even as areas just to the south are at a rainfall surplus
https://data.prod.mesonet.org/data/public/mesonet/maps/daily/drought/delcalendaryear_rain.current.png?cache_bust=169884 7130468