According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, even though we have had our fair share of random weather throughout the state, he still doesn’t see any drought busters headed this way in the short term, “I’m still not seeing any bigtime changes in our weather for the next 7-10 days. The upper-level storms that move our way are moving just too fast with not enough return moisture and a bit too far east. For big-time changes, you have to go way out 10-11 days to see a fairly robust system in our area, but not with a big rush of arctic air…sorry snowers. With little sign of any big arctic air outbreaks down into the Southern Plains, the most we can hope for is a spring-like system with some big rainers.”
Right now, McManus says right now the impacts of the drought are masked in the Winter with soil Moisture replenishment in the upper layers, but it’s still desperately dry, Fire danger comes first, but that’s more of a day-to-day weather thing in the cool season, but the prime-time for fire danger is fast approaching.”
McManus said if you even think for a minute the drought is gone, just look at our Oklahoma Lakes.
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