Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is talking with Oklahoma State Climatologist, Gary McManus, about weather coming into the state this week.
“We just had our fourth warmest December on record, and usually that spells trouble,” McManus said. “If we ever have a warm December, usually the hammer is going to come down in January or February.”
This blast of cold weather, McManus said, is only the beginning. Temperatures are expected to warm up on Wednesday, but after that, McManus said it will be back to those frigid temperatures.
On Friday, McManus said colder air will come in, followed by another blast on either Sunday or Monday.
“Probably on Monday, we are going to get the coldest air we have seen probably in a few years,” McManus said. “Probably since February of 2021.”
While McManus said he does not predict the upcoming weather to be as harsh and cold as February of 2021, it will still be windy and below freezing for multiple days in a row.
“There is a bit of a snow chance on Friday, but it looks like there is a possible widespread winter storm coming early next week, Sunday into Monday,” McManus said. “But that is a lot iffier than the cold air.”
McManus said it is too far out to say if snow and ice will be part of the equation, but there will be much colder temperatures.
This winter has turned out to be much wetter, just as McManus had predicted.
“The prediction for El Nino is for it to continue at least through early spring,” McManus said.
