OKwx2k4

Good posts folks. It's not uncommon to hit another 80 plus reading or 3 here in NE OK before the end of the month but it gets substantially harder to do here in about 5 days or so. I just forget how warm October can be sometimes. I don't think it means much in the longer term. Just makes the cold flip that is coming seem a lot more drastic.

I think my heart started palpitating a little when I read 1976-77 and 1977-78. Lol. It would be my dream to live through a winter like those 2.

Excellent!

I think that looks about right. If we break the 2.0 mark, we shouldn't stay there for too long.

Yeah. I feel for you guys. I wish Nebraska would have never left the Big 12. Chin up though, could be like what Arkansas is going through this year. Lol

Both are fun and in the right pattern, my location usually gets a piece of the Colorado lows as well. I like the southern plains lows a little more because of the dynamics of the storms they often produce and when also in the right pattern they can move a little slower (sometimes a lot slower) and tend to produce more snowfall. Haven't had a good closed low through here in a couple of winters though.

Yeah. I'd say!!

Anything is possible right now in the extended. I imagine model skill scores are probably headed toward the crapper with the storm heading to Alaska and all that going on. Lol

Yeah. I have to agree. I don't have any reason to be afraid it won't be a great year. I seriously doubt that this el nino will be anything like 57-58. I think a year like 1977-78 is becoming a possibility. I think it was warm through october.

Storm Oho crashing into southern Alaska kinda has us screwed for the time being. Putting the cool down into late month now.

Tom pretty well explained my thoughts on the CFSv2. At longer leads one has to admit it is pretty terrible. Example being September. It literally forecast the total opposite of what happened. I take all seasonal forecasting with a grain of salt. I have a great amount of fun looking at them though. I even still buy all of the almanacs every year. There have been cold El Nino winters but most people seem to discredit anything before 1979 nowadays. All we see are warm, warmer and warmest. Not saying I know at all what is going to happen. This is the first year in around the last 5 that I literally have no real idea. I think it will be awesome to learn from and watch it unfold.

Let's repeat that precip pattern in mid-late December at about 28 degrees please. I'm ready for a long hard winter. Most definitely my favorite time of year also.

Let's combine the two. Superbomb anyone? :-)

That's pretty cool. Wonder where he gets those from. I've never found them. Anyway, looks like they may make freezing a couple of times this winter. Lol

Just wanted to start this to discuss various events, model guidance, etc.. Considering the El Nino and what it usually implies for OK/TX/KS, there's a pretty good chance we'll have a lot to discuss.

I work in a hot environment. I'm predisposed to hate being warm. Hasn't rained here since a sprinkle on the 20th of September so yeah, I'm pretty much over the warm and sunny stuff. Lol

Somebody put me to sleep and wake me up in December! Tired of it warming back up already.

That drive down 40 to AZ is one of the most boring ever to me. Lol. I like my hills and trees too much. Should be. If the PNA and/or AO deliver the cold down here this year it's going to be lights out all winter. Hopefully not literally. Lol.

Thank you. That's pretty cool.

Where can I find the weatheronline maps?

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Will do and thank you!

Couple of questions... 1. How do I change the time to my time? 2. How do I post images from an android device? Thanks in advance.

Hello all. I'm new here and just wanted to say thanks for accepting me into your group. I love discussing the weather and hope that I can contribute to the discussions as well as learn many new things. I'm from the Ozarks portion of Eastern Oklahoma to give perspective of where I'm from and the types of weather in my area for all who are curious.