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Typical Dry Summer Heat This Week
ByAaron Tuttle July 23, 2023July 23, 2023

As we wrap up July, our weather pattern will shift to a more normal one….

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More Rain, More Heat, and Eased Drought.
ByAaron Tuttle July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

We remain in a NW flow aloft as the big ridge of high pressure remains…

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MCS Season Continues, Drought Improves
ByAaron Tuttle July 9, 2023July 9, 2023

It’s MCS season! (Mesoscale Convective System) A fancy term to highlight large complexes of storms…

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100 Degree Heat Expands and July 4th Preview
ByAaron Tuttle June 25, 2023June 25, 2023

The last week of June is going to make us pay for the reasonable temperatures…

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Cool and Wet To Start, Pay Later with Heat
ByAaron Tuttle June 11, 2023June 11, 2023

Alright alright alright! Now we’re talking! We get a couple of days of cooler and…

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Stuck in a Rainy, Drought-Quenching Rut
ByAaron Tuttle June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

Our pattern over the past two weeks continues for about another week to ten days….

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Western Oklahoma Gets Soaked, Severe Weather Scarce
ByAaron Tuttle May 21, 2023May 21, 2023

We had an unbelievable past week with respect to rainfall and very little in the…

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Heading into the Peak of Tornado Season
ByAaron Tuttle May 7, 2023May 7, 2023

We are heading into our climatological peak of tornado season here in central Oklahoma. The…

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Quiet Start to May Severe Weather and El Reno Burger Festival
ByAaron Tuttle April 30, 2023May 1, 2023

We kick off the first week of May with a few opportunities for rain, and…

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Freeze, Drought, Rain, and Severe Weather Update
ByAaron Tuttle April 23, 2023April 23, 2023

There are a lot of updates to talk about this week. We had our first…

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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. 🤢🤮