March 2023 - General Weather Discussion

[chssooner]

Man, who in OKC upset mother nature? We are a desert, and are desperate for rain.

[Bunty]

Man, who in OKC upset mother nature? We are a desert, and are desperate for rain.

It depends on where you live in Oklahoma and even Oklahoma County. It's interesting how this year the weather systems have been setting themselves up complete with training rain so that that most of eastern and southern Oklahoma is now cleared of drought. It's also, interesting how extremes have gone from exceptional drought in northern Osage County to no drought at all in much of neighboring Tulsa County.

With the current rain train producing system, Stillwater has only gotten .1" at best, while an hour away to the south Shawnee has had 2.5" of rain, so far. I-44 is a major cut off area. The situation won't change until the cold fronts delay passing through northern and central Oklahoma so soon in the day as before noon. The only downside to that is that a delay to later in the afternoon gives tornadoes and big
hail a more favorable time to develop.