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Mesonet and Drought Update

Mesonet and Drought Update. What’s new? What’s the current drought situation? What’s next?. The new National Weather Center is Oklahoma’s new Weather Center. Two OSU Cowboys at OU. 120 David L Boren Boulevard. Officed at Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

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Mesonet and Drought Update

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  1. Mesonet and Drought Update

  2. What’s new?What’s the current drought situation?What’s next?

  3. The new National Weather Centeris Oklahoma’s new Weather Center

  4. Two OSU Cowboys at OU 120 David L Boren Boulevard

  5. Officed at Oklahoma Climatological Survey

  6. Derek Arndt Acting State Climatologist

  7. OCS Computer Lab

  8. NWC Auditorium

  9. NWCAtrium

  10. National Weather Center Highway 9 and Jenkins Ave, Norman, Oklahoma

  11. What’s new?What’s the current drought situation?What’s next?

  12. 2006 Threw Many $500 Million Farm Loss

  13. 2006 Farm Loss(Mark Hodges, Loss Mitigation, 10/18/06)

  14. US Drought Monitor Categories

  15. Rainfall - Last 30 Days

  16. Available Water • Rooting depth • Soil type • Soil compaction

  17. Available Water (inches)

  18. Fractional Water Index10-inch --- Jan 1, 2007

  19. Fractional Water Index

  20. 10” depth FWI Jan 1 2007 24” depth FWI Jan 1 2007

  21. 10” depth FWI Oct 13 2006 24” depth FWI Oct 13 2006

  22. Stillwater, Fractional Water Index 11/10/06 to 12/10/06 2-inch 10-inch 24-inch 30-inch

  23. Marshall - 10/16/05 to 12/15/05 OSU Variety Trial Average - 28 bushels 10-inch 2-inch

  24. Lahoma - 10/16/05 to 12/15/05 OSU Variety Trial Average - 67 bushels 10-inch 2-inch

  25. Jan 1 2007 Jan 1 2006 Fractional Water Index 10-inch Jan 1 2005

  26. What’s new?What’s the current drought situation?What’s next?

  27. Climate Trends

  28. May Rainfall - Division 2

  29. January Rainfall - Division 2

  30. Looking ahead -Forecasts

  31. Developing El Niño

  32. Air Temperature Forecast

  33. Wind Forecast

  34. Precipitation Forecast

  35. agweather.mesonet.org

  36. Oklahoma Mesonet“Oklahoma’s Weather Network”

  37. StillwaterMesonet Tower

  38. Oklahoma Mesonet Established 1994

  39. Mesonet measurements • Air temperature • Rainfall • Relative humidity • Soil moisture • Soil temperature • Solar radiation • Station pressure • Wind direction • Wind speed

  40. --- Before Agweather data can be viewed, you must first download the WxScope program --- WxScope download

  41. Plan for tough times! Make the most of good times!

  42. Albert Sutherland Albert.Sutherland@okstate.edu Laura McKay Laura.McKay@okstate.edu Phone: 405-325-3126

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