April 2023 - General Weather Discussion

[FighttheGoodFight]

A ton of rain in Norman. Just a small amount of hail. Did get to dust out the old tornado shelter though.

[bucktalk]

Measurable rain expected for western/northwestern Oklahoma next week?

[SEMIweather]

Sunday - Thursday is the most favorable pattern for a statewide soaking in many months.

[BG918]

EURO forecasted rainfall totals through Saturday

[FighttheGoodFight]

Finally!

[Pete]

Hooray for the rain!!!

[chssooner]

Hooray for the rain!!!

Yessss!

[Pete]

We need to have an Arts Festival in August so we can be sure to get a solid week of rain.

[Roger S]

We need to have an Arts Festival in August so we can be sure to get a solid week of rain.

Lets have one every 7-10 days from about March to September.

[ksearls]

We need to have an Arts Festival in August so we can be sure to get a solid week of rain.

I will be there from 9am -9pm tomorrow! In my down coat and rainboots. Happens every year on my day.

[gjl]

I was hoping for an all day rain event today but it looks like it's about over.

[chssooner]

I was hoping for an all day rain event today but it looks like it's about over.

Will be more tonight.

[chssooner]

Will be more tonight.

At least I hope so. Seems like Central OK, aside from last Wednesday, has been missed by most of the storms.

[gjl]

New line forming with some heavy rain here.

[gjl]

1 1/4 inches in my rain gauge so far.

[baralheia]

0.47" in my rain gauge thus far here on the southside, near Crossroads. Not as much as I was hoping for today but I know there's still more to come

[pw405]

0.47" in my rain gauge thus far here on the southside, near Crossroads. Not as much as I was hoping for today but I know there's still more to come

Same here: NW OKC near Expressway & 63rd. Half an inch when I checked around lunch. Mesonet's forecast still says OKC area will get an additional 2" through Thursday. Certainly hope that comes to fruition!

[SEMIweather]

Looking fairly likely to get about 1" of rain from an MCS tomorrow morning. That will be the main action. Otherwise, could have random elevated showers dropping another 0.5"-1.0" anytime over the next 36 hours or so.

Friday Evening is also starting to look more favorable for precipitation chances.

[Pete]

From the way things are lined up to the west, it looks like we are going to get a lot more than an inch of rain.

[bucktalk]

From the way things are lined up to the west, it looks like we are going to get a lot more than an inch of rain.

I hope its not too late to save the wheat crop....but it IS late April. :-(

[Anonymous.]

Bulk of rain for OKC is moving out, will still have some wrap-around showers swinging through this afternoon and early tomorrow.

Looks like a similar, but quicker system will move through late Friday. Looks like another good chance for majority of the state, with a slight favor to southern.

[SEMIweather]

Really, really good to see a long-duration rain event like this across the state. Very reminiscent of 04/21/2018 which marked the beginning of the end of that severe drought as we transitioned into a wetter El Niño pattern. Hopefully this will turn out similarly.

[gopokes88]

Really, really good to see a long-duration rain event like this across the state. Very reminiscent of 04/21/2018 which marked the beginning of the end of that severe drought as we transitioned into a wetter El Niño pattern. Hopefully this will turn out similarly.

62% chance of an El Nino forming https://www.noaa.gov/news/what-to-wa...develop-summer

[jn1780]

62% chance of an El Nino forming https://www.noaa.gov/news/what-to-wa...develop-summer

I guess now we will have to worry about flooding in the next year. Not sure what is the better problem to have.

[chssooner]

I guess now we will have to worry about flooding in the next year. Not sure what is the better problem to have.

Haha, if OKC could create 1 more reservoir, to hold more runoff from these flooding rains, that would be ideal. Hefner looking as ghastly as it does isn't a good thing.