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We got some nice thunderstorms here in Norman last night. It was the most significant rain we got since I returned here in late June. I really liked the cool weather this morning. Also, am I the only person from Oklahoma and states north on this forum? I feel like there's almost no one from my area for whatever reason.

Bluewave hasn't updated for today, so I'll mention that it looks like 2019 is having a bit of trouble falling below 5 million on the extent value. NSIDC extent Date.....2012......2019........2019 difference 8-4.......5.990.... .5.762.....+228k lead 8-5.......5.768......5.596.....+172k lead 8-6.......5.632......5.510......+122k lead 8-7.......5.467......5.388......+79k lead 8-8.......5.256.....5.390......-134k behind 8-9.......5.088......5.259......-171k behind 8-10.....5.118......5.093......+25k ahead 8-11.....5.021......5.113.......-92k behind 8-12.....4.938......5.063.......-125k behind 8-13.....4.889 8-14.....4.724 8-15.....4.679 8-16.....4.619 8-17.....4.545 8-18.....4.520 8-19.....4.405 8-20.....4.313

When I go to the NSIDC website I get different numbers that are higher for both years so I'm confused. I'm using the Charctic tool to view the data.

But I don't like the new colors because I was so used to the old version.

What would you say the odds are of beating 2007 or 2016?

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere in this forum, but is there a good place for me to learn about Arctic ice melt forecasting? I hear you guys talking about a dipole a lot, and I would guess that that means high pressure in one place and low pressure in another place, but what does that mean for melting exactly?

I was looking at the GFS and it shows a lot of lower 500 mb heights over the Arctic Ocean in the next couple of weeks. Will that slow the rate of melting a lot?

The heat index got up to 116 yesterday in the southernmost part of Oklahoma.

Anchorage, AK set their all-time record high of 89°F yesterday, and looks to get into the mid-80s for the next few days as well. Most of Alaska has been a good bit warmer than normal so far this summer.

Oklahoma City had its coldest January-June average temperature since 1993, and its fifth wettest such period on record.

I've just seen a few sleet pellets and extremely wet snowflakes here in Norman. Right now no precipitation is falling.

To me it looks like the HRRR is showing a weaker and more southerly precip shield.

The OKC/Norman area got about 2" in January 2017. I was in NC at the time, but we got a similar amount of sleet from the same storm.

If the seven day forecast for Raleigh verifies, they could have their first September since records began without a low in the 50s.

Maybe one of these years Oklahoma City will have more than 2.1" of snow.

It seems like it changed back over from sleet to freezing rain in Norman.

It sleeted for about 5-10 minutes today. I guess that counts for something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It seems like this storm will miss central Oklahoma completely. I wonder if this will be the second year there is no snow while classes are in session at OU. The storm would be a little before classes start anyway, but I would hope some snow would stick around.

I'm missing out on the fun because I'm in Oklahoma now. It really sucks when Brownsville, TX gets snow before Norman, OK. We're like 20F colder in winter on average!

The Bering and Chukchi Seas apparently have unprecedented levels of open water for this time of year. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30112017/arctic-sea-ice-extent-record-chukchi-bering-sea-alaska-ocean?

They look pretty close to average for central Oklahoma overall.

After a dry start to March, we've had some nice rains the past few weeks. There was supposedly hail in Norman today, but I was in class at the time. It hit 91 in March but hasn't gotten above 84 yet this April.

It looks only a few degrees below normal to me.

It's been really warm this month and some of the trees have started to bud and leaf. But I haven't seen many flowers on campus yet. I guess they're waiting for the last freeze.

Well the Arctic sea ice extent is close to 3rd place now.