By WEATHER WORLD on Aug 22, 2011, at 7:00 AM Updated on 8/22 at 7:31 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 ...
The winter canola plant in this Kansas field is not the "plant" I am referring to. However, if you're curious, "plant" and "Plante" are pronounced the same way. CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP File Photo
I might be a little bit biased, being a coworker and all, but I love Tulsa World editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante's work here.
I especially like it when his cartoons involve the weather, so I casually brought up the idea of doing a collaborative blog entry with some of weather 'toons. He happily obliged!
To kick things off, we chose his Earth Day cartoon:
Ah, Earth Day. Is April 22 in Oklahoma headed for sunny beach weather? Here's how its been for Tulsa the past few years, according to the National Weather Service:
April 22, 2011: A high of 90 and trace amounts of rain. This was the hottest day of that month this year.
April 22, 2010: Trace amounts of rain, but only a high of 81 this year.
April 22, 2009: A unseasonable high of 91 degrees, but no rain recorded.
April 22, 2008: A more seasonable 80-degree high, but once again, trace amounts of rain.
April 22, 2007: Our "coldest" high with only 79 degrees, but once again trace amounts of rain.
In other words, we'll likely get warm temperatures on Earth Day in 2050, but don't be surprised with we also get rain.
-- Althea Peterson
PS: Want to know where Bruce got the idea for this cartoon? Check out his corresponding blog entry
here.
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