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State Climatologist Gary McManus says Good Rain Chances Across the State are Coming
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:45:12 CDT
Extremely hot temps and almost no rain across the state over the past 66 days in parts of the state have been damaging to crops and livestock across the state. Good news in the forecast, State Climatologist Gary McManus says rain chances are on the way. One problem, McManus says, "Is the possible upcoming dangers of excessive rainfalls directly after drought, when the ground is baked hard, and water tends to just run off into flash flood situations. "
McManus says a front approaching the state now and has entered the Panhandle isn't going to do much except cool us down, maybe bring some showers and storms to the northern half of the state today and the southern half of the state tomorrow.
However, he says the three or four successive fronts being forecast for the next couple of weeks appear to drive a nail into the coffin of our summer heat wave and possibly do deadly damage to our runaway flash drought. McManus says not only are we looking at widespread rain and relief this weekend into early next week, but this mild and wet spell should extend well into next week and possibly beyond.
Hot Summer temps are not quite over yet, but McManus says a cool down is on the way, "And then even the possibility of successive cold fronts every few days that knock the summer heat back a peg or three."
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