By ALTHEA PETERSON Staff Writer on Feb 14, 2013, at 10:44 AM Updated on 2/14 at 10:46 AM
WEATHER WORLD
While I do these reports weekly with the release of the U.S. Drought Monitor map, here's a reminder for those just tuning ...
A scene from the Oklahoma-filmed movie 'Twister' to lead-in to this topic:
When the movie's character who doesn't ...
It's not a Tulsa urban legend, myth or a running joke: It really does rain every year (since 2008) at downtown's Mayfest.
And ...
Bear with me as I attempt to create a GIF image of last week's and this week's U.S. Drought Monitor map for Oklahoma:
I think these animations are sometimes the only way to be able to tell where the subtle drought status changes are from week to week.
And subtle they are, as the only change was in D3 (extreme drought) to D2 (severe drought) status in east-central Oklahoma and southeast Oklahoma:
Last week:D3: 89.64 percent
This week:D3: 87 percent
You can thank our rainfall for the slight improvement. Here's a map of statewide rainfall for the past 10 days:
As always, drought monitors reflect conditions only through Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday conditions will be reflected in next week's U.S. Drought Monitor report.
--Althea Peterson
PS: Our weather almanac and weather milestones on the right side of the screen are updated! Also, you can check the most recent local weather forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service at
tulsaworld.com/weather
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