April 2023 - General Weather Discussion

[gopokes88]

Really, really good to see a long-duration rain event like this across the state. Very reminiscent of 04/21/2018 which marked the beginning of the end of that severe drought as we transitioned into a wetter El Niño pattern. Hopefully this will turn out similarly.

62% chance of an El Nino forming https://www.noaa.gov/news/what-to-wa...develop-summer

[BG918]

This is a glorious map - first time in possibly a year that it has been this green

[jn1780]

62% chance of an El Nino forming https://www.noaa.gov/news/what-to-wa...develop-summer

I guess now we will have to worry about flooding in the next year. Not sure what is the better problem to have.

[chssooner]

I guess now we will have to worry about flooding in the next year. Not sure what is the better problem to have.

Haha, if OKC could create 1 more reservoir, to hold more runoff from these flooding rains, that would be ideal. Hefner looking as ghastly as it does isn't a good thing.

[Anonymous.]

Most of this will be late Friday night. Strong north winds will accompany this, especially after the rain moves out. The rest of the weekend looks fantastic. Great weather for the runners on Sunday.

[Bill Robertson]

Most of this will be late Friday night. Strong north winds will accompany this, especially after the rain moves out. The rest of the weekend looks fantastic. Great weather for the runners on Sunday.

I REALLY want to take the Miata out for a run tomorrow. But the short term models are showing rain noonish. And and l'll be out all day.

[C_M_25]

Longer range GFS showing northwest flow dominates for a while. Next weekend looks like another potential wash out. Good southwesterly flow with classic dry line setups looks possible the second week of may but we’ll see if that materializes. Hopefully we can get some nice waves of rain in central Oklahoma as most of the longer range stuff looks to affect southern and eastern Oklahoma. That’s a long way out though.

[Anonymous.]

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[Anonymous.]

Models are really tapering off the wrap-around rain amounts for this evening. Looks like majority of the state will just see some quick passing showers except for far SE OK where it cranks up.

[Anonymous.]

Cold north winds coming in behind the rain.

[C_M_25]

What’s the skinny on next weekend? Planning a camping trip but the models are flip flopping like crazy right now.

[SEMIweather]

I would expect Thursday to have a severe risk outlined by the SPC tomorrow. Beyond that, fairly low predictability but it does seem like more storms will be possible at some point next weekend.

[kukblue1]

I would expect Thursday to have a severe risk outlined by the SPC tomorrow. Beyond that, fairly low predictability but it does seem like more storms will be possible at some point next weekend.

Yep was getting ready to say the same thing but right now Sunday it's not super impressive.