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  1. lookingnorth
    If the preexisting air is originally from some place cold, like the Arctic, the chinook winds will be replacing that colder air. The Rockies often serve as a barrier, pushing cold northern air down to their east.
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    Well, hail is heavier than rain and encounters less air resistance, so it falls faster. That may be part of the reason why.
  3. lookingnorth
    It looks like it's just supposed to be a cold rain for Norman, unfortunately.
  4. lookingnorth
    We got a little under 3" here in Norman. It seems like we were in a bit of a snow hole, with more precipitation in every direction around us. Nevertheless, it was the biggest snowfall I've ever seen here.
  5. lookingnorth
    Update: there's now a sleet/freezing rain mix in Norman.
  6. lookingnorth
    It's just 30F and cloudy here, with no snow or sleet yet. But I did see a bit of drizzle this evening.
  7. lookingnorth
    There seems to have been a bit of a NW trend recently. I hope Norman doesn't wind up being too far south.
  8. lookingnorth
    The NAM looks pretty good for all of central OK, even areas S of I-44, IMO. Of course, that could all change in the next 36 hours.
  9. lookingnorth
    In OKC we're having what would be average for Dallas, with a grand total of 9.6" of snow and four days of snow cover since March of 2015. Wait that's actually below normal even for Dallas. Lol. Tulsa's doing even worse than us, and they even average slightly more snow. Springfield is also having snow amounts that are more in line with normal for Little Rock, and Wichita is having what would be considered below-normal years in OKC.
  10. lookingnorth
    Raleigh's up to a 29% chance of blanking this winter just given climo on no measurable snow thru the 25th. Meanwhile, OKC luckily avoided blanking on winter with a whopping 0.1" of snow on the morning of the 22nd when I was asleep.
  11. lookingnorth
    I wonder if OKC will get their fourth sub-3" snowfall winter in five years. So far, that seems pretty likely.
  12. lookingnorth
    It was the third warmest year on record in the UAH dataset: https://www.drroyspencer.com/2020/01/uah-global-temperature-update-for-december-2019-0-56-deg-c/
  13. lookingnorth
    I just wanna pop in from Oklahoma and say that we've been doing poorly in the snow department as well. Oklahoma City averages 8" of snow a winter and has only gotten 9.5" total since March 2015. That's more like what you'd expect from a place like Dallas. And the past two winters had below-normal temperatures, so we've just had a lot of dry, windy cold, which is annoying
  14. lookingnorth
    The 5-day mean is still in third place for lowest extent, but it's near a lot of other years.
  15. lookingnorth
    Did you not read that it was just a record for October.
  16. lookingnorth
    I saw about six snowflakes and some very light freezing drizzle in Norman this morning, but now it's just cloudy, cold, windy, and dry.
  17. lookingnorth
    I wonder how much longer that will last. I do find it interesting how every month from July 2018 to now except September 2019 has been below normal in OKC, yet the planet as a whole is experiencing near-record to record warmth.
  18. lookingnorth
    Oklahoma set a new snowfall record for the month of October! https://twitter.com/NWSNorman/status/1187780076026249216 It was just depressingly cold and rainy here in Norman, but I'd rather not have snow until after Thanksgiving anyway, so I can't be too disappointed.
  19. lookingnorth
    We might get one of our earliest freezes on record here in the OKC/Norman area, depending on how cold it gets tonight.
  20. lookingnorth
    We may finally get below 60F for the first time this fall in about a week. It would be the latest first sub-60F low on record by about 5 days.
  21. lookingnorth
    What's the margin of error for these measurements? Is there any significant difference between the 2007, 2016, and 2019 extents or is it a statistical tie?
  22. lookingnorth
    Why is 2018 in there twice?
  23. lookingnorth
    It looks like with the possible exception of 1980, we just had the smallest Aug 13-29 sea ice extent drop on record.
  24. lookingnorth
    I feel like they say that every year. I'm betting on dry and mostly snowless, given the way past winters have gone.
  25. lookingnorth
    Yeah we had a bunch of storms last night, but it was worse just north of me. The OKC airport had its fifth wettest August on record (data since 1948).
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