October 2020 - General Weather Discussion

[Pete]

Sitting here listening to my huge backyard pecan tree splinter.

It's already lost 3 big limbs.

[OkiePoke]

Sitting here listening to my huge backyard pecan tree splinter.

It's already lost 3 big limbs.

I've lost half my tree in the front yard. It suffered damage from a wind storm last year. It's unfortunate because it's the oldest tree in the neighborhood, 15 years old now.

[jn1780]

We may be above freezing here an a couple of hours.

[Libbymin]

The sound of breaking limbs is constant. I would just like to reiterate that I HATE ice storms.

[Bill Robertson]

The sound of breaking limbs is constant. I would just like to reiterate that I HATE ice storms.

I just came back in from cutting off some limbs from the tree that were threatening the gutters and a couple bushes. While outside I heard a crash of limbs falling up and down the street every few seconds. This is going to be a huge mess.

[Anonymous.]

Precipitation is becoming more scarce. Looks like the damage is mostly done. We are very lucky that we did not get a constant stream of precipitation overnight.

With the combination of warm air riding up ahead of the low and UV radiation through the clouds, we should see some melting beginning by lunchtime. Giving the trees, that haven’t fallen or broken, some weight relief.

We will have heavy rainfall Wednesday morning and afternoon.

[Bits_Of_Real_Panther]

My office says they are opening at 11am, um, what?

Out of touch

[BoulderSooner]

My office says they are opening at 11am, um, what?

Out of touch

How so? The roads are fine

[Libbymin]

Well there’s a big tree blocking my street right now so I’m not going anywhere for a while.

[SoonersFan12]

Power went out in my house, that is not how I wanted to spend my day off

[Dustin]

Power went out in my house, that is not how I wanted to spend my day off

I start my vacation today. FML.

[Dustin]

The sound of trees crashing to the ground all around my neighborhood is eerie.

[Ohwiseone]

While I know we have one more round to go, We have kept power through most of this, I am hopeful it will stay that way.

[Libbymin]

I'm just hoping these temperatures at least stay above freezing while it keeps raining.

[Bunty]

Power outages affect 59% of Stillwater as of noon. Fortunately, streets there don't look as much as a war zone as it does in OKC. But definitely the worst ice storm in Stillwater since 2003.

[jn1780]

OKC still struggling to get above freezing and really start some good melting.

http://www.mesonet.org/data/public/m....TAIR.grad.png

[Bill Robertson]

I was in the driveway scraping ice off the car windows in hopes not as much builds up overnight tonight. There is/was a tree across the street that was twice as tall as the house. By far the most noticeable tree in the addition. I don't know what kind but tall, not too big around and has long, stringy and kind of fuzzy "leaves". The center trunk is intact but about 3/4 of the limbs are broken off.

[d-usa]

Our very young tree was bend over with the tip touching the ground, but it didn’t snap. I got a lot of ice knocked off and it’s about 2/3rds up right now.

We’ll see if it survives...

[Plutonic Panda]

Very sad

https://news.yahoo.com/ice-storm-cau...zEiEh1BBb33WSk

[Ohwiseone]

It has now reached 32 degrees at my house, it’s also gotten a lot brighter outside and lots of stuff is starting to melt.

Some stuff on my patio has water underneath the ice.

[Bits_Of_Real_Panther]

Mesonet site not working

[Libbymin]

This year just continues to get worse.

[Anonymous.]

Temperatures in OKC are near to just above freezing on the E sides while W sides are at or slightly below freezing. With nightfall approaching, we will lose radiation melting in a few hours. At the same time persistent drizzle will plague the area until tonight when heavier precipitation moves in.

As of now models are leaning toward OKC being about 33 degrees. However, there is hinting by HRRR of “refrigeration” effect from the accumulated ice that will keep the thin surface air cold enough for additional freezing. It is going to likely be extremely spotty and localized of freezing rain versus cold rain.

It is probably a good guess to assume that more urban areas will be slightly warmer than rural areas. (Ice remains on vegetation longer)

Here is a quick shot showing a pocket around Canadian county staying at freezing while surrounding areas warm up for rain. By morning, the forecast is for basically all of OK (except panhandle) to be above freezing and receiving cold rain.

[emtefury]

The lack of wind today helped with not as many trees in my area from breaking

[SoonersFan12]

I finally got power back on, I go back to work tomorrow but I will work only for 6 hours instead of 8 hours so I can not complain