Day 92: Rainfall Totals
Last night at the time of the blog post, a squall line was developing across Kansas. This squall line did not persist through the night as it dissipated. A new round of thunderstorms developed in northwest Texas and spread northeastward overnight into the morning hours. Damage was reported in portions of Oklahoma as this second round of convection moved through. In fact, I had an opportunity to help with damage surveys today, but my schedule wouldn’t permit it.
The image above shows rainfall totals for today throughout Oklahoma. As the squall line moved through Oklahoma, the forward progression slowed somewhat and so, in general, greater precipitation amounts were found in the eastern part of the state.
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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