Author: Aaron Tuttle

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Some Wet Fireworks Sunday Dry Monday
ByAaron Tuttle July 2, 2016

A few showers and storms will move through the state early Sunday then clear out…

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ATsWeatherToGo Mobile App Case Study: Emergency Management and Wildfires
ByAaron Tuttle June 28, 2016

The following article is reprinted from Baron Services and is available here. Wildfires in Woodward: Using…

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Heat-Related Illness
ByAaron Tuttle June 24, 2016

Summer has officially begun, and the hot temperatures and high humidity levels are right on…

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The Age of the Computer Models
ByAaron Tuttle June 13, 2016June 24, 2016

Why are forecasts so good these days? The simple answer is technology. Back in the…

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Landspout Tornadoes
ByAaron Tuttle June 4, 2016

This past week Oklahoma experienced a couple of days with landspout tornadoes. These are a…

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What Constitutes a Tornado Outbreak?
ByAaron Tuttle May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

You hear this all the time now from local and national media sources, “a tornado…

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Don’t Do This!
ByAaron Tuttle April 12, 2016

This photo was taken on Monday April 11th, 2106 in north Texas as a supercell storm moved…

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Weather Highlight – A lot of Rain Coming
ByAaron Tuttle April 12, 2016

We just finished up a nice rain event, see the map below for final totals….

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Man Recalls Tornado That Took His Wife’s Life
ByAaron Tuttle April 6, 2016March 19, 2023

This story is so tragic and the video is unreal. This is why I do…

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Severe Storms Return Today
ByAaron Tuttle March 30, 2016March 30, 2016

A large region of the country will be affected by severe storms later today and…

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A Flash Drought is developing across the Southern Plains. The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) shows an extremely thirsty atmosphere pulling moisture from the landscape. So it's a good thing we're at least getting these weak disturbances to rotate through. On occasion, they will produce some rainfall. We had a pretty strong one move through this morning across the E half of Oklahoma. If you look at the 500mb vorticity animation, you will see the upper ridge centered across Colorado. These disturbances rotate around the top and come down on the east side of the ridge across Oklahoma. You can watch the (colored) clusters of waves move through. One today, followed by one tomorrow morning and then another Sunday afternoon. The bulk of the rain signal with these is across the E half of the state. Isolated activity can still occur elsewhere, however. Rainfall amounts aren't always that great due to the drier conditions in the atmosphere. Amounts can vary from a few hundredths to over an inch for the lucky ones. We'll take anything we can get for the remainder of August. This will also keep those 100s at bay a bit where the clouds linger into the afternoon. Long-term, a strong El Niño will kickstart a rainy pattern once we transition into September and October. This will last through the winter and into early Spring. So while the drought is severe, it will be short-lived. Save what you can! -AT

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Aaron Tuttle Meteorologist️ 5 days ago

Oklahoma City has reached 109 degrees just 21 times in recorded history including today. 13 of those 109+ days have occurred since the start of 2011. We had never reached 109 later in the year than August 11th prior to today. 🤢🤮