Jul 17
A big rain system with cooler temperatures is currently a welcome sight for folks across Oklahoma. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “We’ll have a nice big trough camp out over the eastern half of the country forthe next week, and the Heat Dome of Doom gets pushed to the west, away from the Southern …
Jun 19
The Panhandle has been waiting a long time to see these rains come through. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, we are seeing a 1000 year rainfall. “That 7.52″ of rain in Goodwell- that fell since 10:50 p.m. last night, so just around 8 hours,” McManus said. “In actuality, most of it fell between 10:50 …
Jun 03
While we have seen several severe Weather occurrences across the state this year, Rain has really been the story the past few months. There is a chance of severe weather this week, but at the time of writing this, rain again was the leader. According to State Climatologist Gary McManus, we could see more severe …
Jul 11
AAA warns motorists to prepare for treacherous driving conditions after recent storms resulted in flash floods and stranded vehicles. Turn Around, Don’t Drown Even a few inches of swift-moving floodwater flowing over a roadway can sweep away a vehicle. With many creeks, culverts and rivers across Oklahoma recently at or above flood stage, drivers are at …
Apr 24
Parts of the driest portions of Oklahoma MIGHT get their chance at rain this week, according to State Climatologist Gary McManus, “The forecast models have been consistently consistent since last week in dumping copious amounts ofrainfall across drought-plagued north and western Oklahoma, so we’re going to go with the hopeful flow and lean into it. …
Apr 04
Statewide Discussion: A widespread Red Flag Warning is in effect today across Oklahoma, generally along and northwest of I-44. Today presents a complicated forecast with fire weather over very receptive fuels while an enhanced risk for severe weather enters the mix overnight in eastern and southeastern Oklahoma. Focusing on the fire danger today, temperatures +15°-20° …
Dec 07
It’s currently Raining across parts of the state, and hopefully, we will see more rain on the way. State Climatologist Gary McManus says we should see our first rains today and into tomorrow and then another system for Friday and Saturday, and yet another on Monday McManus said even though this does just look like …
Nov 28
Warmer weather is headed our way this week, according to State Climatologist Gary McManus. He says,” It’s gonna get nice and warm, relatively speaking, on Tuesday, then really cold Tuesday night and Wednesday then warms up again by the weekend. It’s the classic Oklahoma temperature roller coaster, just in time for December.” McManus says this …
