October 2021
MONDAY OCTOBER 25, 2021
0315L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/25/21 1- VOICE TEST OVER OUR SIREN SYSTEM IN ENID TODAY AT NOON. If you hear my voice in the wind, don’t panic, it’s just a test. 2- We’ll have mild weather during the day and overnight and then an ENHANCED RISK for severe weather Tuesday evening. Depending on where storms initially fire will be where the higher threats may occur. I would go ahead and secure anything that could [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 24, 2021
0330L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/24/21 1- Another front will be affecting the area today. Timing for the front through our area is roughly 1100-1400L. It could vary depending on speed. A few storms overnight didn’t produce a lot of rainfall but we’ll take whatever we can get. We aren’t expecting any more rainfall here with this front but severe weather is expected later today in eastern Oklahoma, Northern Arkansas, and southern Missouri. If traveling [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 23, 2021
0350L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/23/21 GARFIELD COUNTY EM is our notification app. Today would be a good day to download it. It just might save your life someday. 1-MARGINAL RISK for severe weather later tonight. If storms occur, large hail and damaging winds will be the main risks. The tornado threat is very low. Other than this, today will be warmer than yesterday and winds will be strong. Here is your forecast from the [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2021
0320L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/22/21 1- We are in a GENERAL RISK AREA for thunderstorms but near a MARGINAL RISK area to our northeast today and tonight during the overnight hours. Without re-writing the SPC discussion, IF storms occur, they would be high based thus more of a hail/wind threat so we’ll see how this comes together. I think most of the energy will be east and northeast of us but we’ll watch and [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 2021
0330L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/21/21 1- The cold front made it through the area and has brought cooler temps and lighter winds. This will be short-lived but enjoy today while you can. We should see sunny skies and light winds. 2- The cold front will become a warm front while backing back to the north later today into Friday bringing possible rain chances to the area. Guidance isn’t really clear on this yet but [...]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2021
0330L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/20/21 1-At 0300L we are pretty warm outdoors this morning. Its 65 and we have a cold front coming. It should be in the area between 06 to 0800L this morning. No storms, but winds will shift and become northerly gusting upwards around 25 mph or so. Other than this, not to bad for the day. Temps will be knocked back down to around seasonal averages. Overnight lows will be [...]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2021
0335L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/19/21 1-Another warm and windy day with highs in the mid to upper 70s and a lot of wind. An upper low is getting wound up and should cross over the state of Nebraska later today. As it passes, a cold front will surge southward and should be in the area by early Wednesday morning. There may not be much moisture for this front to work with for rainfall, so [...]
MONDAY OCTOBER 18, 2021
0335L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/18/21 GARFIELD COUNTY EM is our emergency notification app. Download it, learn it, and apply what you can learn. It’s one step in the direction of PREPAREDNESS. 1-WEATHER-WISE- Sunny weather with strong winds will increase the fire danger today and tomorrow. A surface low developing over southeastern Colorado will move across the area dragging a cold front through early Wednesday morning. A 20% chance for a shower is possible. Other [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 17, 2021
0400L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/17/21 1- A warmer day on tap with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Winds will be nominal but starting Monday, winds will increase as another cold front is heading our way and should affect the area sometime Tuesday evening into the overnight hours. Rain is not likely here but we’ll keep an eye out just in case. 2-The Fire Danger is increasing and with strong winds in the [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2021
0410L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/16/21 1- Calm weather today with light winds. Today is one of those days to get out and enjoy the cooler weather. We should be this way for the upcoming week with a very low chance for rain around mid-week. Highs should average mostly in the 70s and lows will average in the low 40s. That said, here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN; Today-Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 2021
0315L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/15/21 1- Cooler today with fairly strong NNW winds putting a little chill in the air. Welcome to Fall, at least for a while. Temps will average in the upper 60s today and then from the upper 60s to the mid-70s through the next 5-7 days. Low temps will vary day to day from the upper 30s to the upper 40s to maybe the low 50s. It appears like [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 14, 2021
0305L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/14/21 1- A nice day for today with temps in the 70s. There is ANOTHER COLD FRONT that will be moving our way bringing a chance for thunderstorms along the front this evening and overnight. Per guidance, since we’ll have sufficient instability, large hail will be the main threat with this front as it moves into the area. 2- After frontal passage, temps will drop below average and highs on [...]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 2021
0410L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/13/21 1- THE SQUALL LINE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED TOWARDS THE AREA. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, WE ARE RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL, WINDS GUSTING TO ROUGHLY 40-ISH with the exception of a wind gust at the base of 63 mph, AND SO FAR, NO HAIL. AS THE LINE CONTINUES EAST, IT MAY INTENSIFY AS IT COMES INTO DEEPER MOISTURE. 2-Once it passes our area, we may still [...]
TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE
1355L-TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10-12-21 Good afternoon, After the weather briefing this morning, here is a quick update for this afternoon and later tonight. We are in an ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER after midnight from roughly 2am through 5am. Don’t hold me to the actual times as the system may speed up or slow down. Some of these will be severe with strong winds, large hail, and there is a pretty [...]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2021
0400L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/12/21 1- We are in an ENHANCED/SLIGHT risk area for severe weather later today into the overnight hours. The forecast discussion this morning didn’t go into the detail I personally like to see but we do have a briefing later this morning from the NWS and we’ll get updated information from that. I will send a new outlook based on NWS GUIDANCE between 1300-1400 local time, (1 to 2 pm). [...]
MONDAY OCTOBER 11, 2021
0335L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/11/21 1- We received 1 inch of rainfall overnight. It probably was more but I haven’t figured out how to catch horizontal rainfall and be accurate at that. We did have strong winds which according to the Mesonet, maximum wind gusts were at 37 mph. 2-The heavier and severe weather stayed mostly south and east as stated early yesterday but we will have another opportunity for additional severe weather on [...]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 10, 2021
0400L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/10/21 GARFIELD COUNTY EM is our notification app. Be sure and get it downloaded BEFORE the weather turns bad. NWS WARNINGS automatically come through our app. 1- Garfield County is in a MARGINAL risk for possibly some severe weather later today. A storm system moving in from the west, a cold front coming in from the north and POSSIBLY deep moisture making it in here by mid afternoon along with [...]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 09, 2021
0330L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/09/21 1- HOT & WINDY and temps in the upper 90s along with an increased FIRE DANGER is on the menu for today. Welcome back to summer! As I have asked in the past, no controlled burning today as the word controlled wouldn’t be an option. A RED FLAG FIRE WARNING is in effect in Ellis, Woodward, Harper, & Woods counties. It wouldn’t surprise me to see more counties added [...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2021
0355L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/8/21 1- Summer temps will creep back in for today and tomorrow along with strong winds. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s, yes 90s, and winds TODAY will gust upwards of 20-25 mph. Saturday wind gusts will be upwards of 30-36 mph. Humidity will be in the 20’s so we will ask that there be NO outside burning today and Saturday. Barbecuing will be ok as long [...]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2021
0405L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-10/7/21 1- Another really nice cool morning will transition into a warmer than yesterday afternoon with winds increasing. Low humidity and strong winds will kick up the Fire Danger a little today but will really kick up Friday and Saturday with sustained winds of 20-30 mph. Be really careful out there with any fire related activity. 2-This weekend, rain chances go up especially on Sunday into Monday with a slight [...]
