By WEATHER WORLD on May 29, 2012, at 9:36 AM Updated on 5/29 at 9:55 AM
WEATHER WORLD
At the cookout I went to Sunday evening, it was tank top, cutoff jean shorts and flip flops. My friend said to me, “you look ...
This blog was inspired by some of our early morning commenters on the weather forecast story .
Yes, as one of you pointed ...
The deluge earlier this month was exciting. For a second, I though that maybe the near-record parched May was just a fluke ...
This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows a wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The fire grew by 17 percent to more than 21,000 acres Saturday, as officials warned of tough conditions and welcomed help from water-dumping aircraft from the Michigan National Guard. AP Photo
As nice as sunny days are, these photos illustrate the importance of rain.
We received a welcomed Memorial Day rainfall at night, 0.17 of an inch, and added a few more hundredths this morning. However, we still have about a half-inch to go in order for Tulsa to not break a 1897 record for least rainfall in the month of May:
May 2012: 0.34 of an inch (as of 9:30 a.m. today)
May 1897: 0.8 of an inch
National Weather Service records date back to 1888 for this statistic.
This is a weather record Tulsa does not want to break. Check our latest forecasts
here for optimism: Lots of rain chances the next few days!
A wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Monday that the Duck Lake Fire has burned more than 22,000 acres, or 34 square miles, in Luce County. AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Officials warned of tough conditions and welcomed help from water-dumping aircraft from the Michigan National Guard. AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources
One more photo of the wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources
This NASA image shows smoke from New Mexico wildfires drifting across the southcentral United States. The image was acquired Thursday by NASA's MODIS satellite Aqua. A massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings. The fire burned early Saturday through remote and rugged terrain around the Gila Wilderness and has grown to 85,000 acres or more than 130 square miles. Fire officials say nearly all of the growth has come in recent days due to relentless winds. AP Photo/NASA
Be safe, and let's hope for more rain here in Oklahoma.
--Althea Peterson
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