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Heavy rains in SW OK have caused the Canadian River near Bridgeport, OK to rise into major flooding. Additional signifi...
10/14/2026

Heavy rains in SW OK have caused the Canadian River near Bridgeport, OK to rise into major flooding. Additional significant flooding is possible in SW OK and southern KS. Multiple other rivers in ABRFC basin are forecast to have minor flooding and within-bank rises.

Heavy rain will bring some relief to severely drought-stricken areas of the ABRFC. Rain should become heaviest late Tues...
10/13/2026

Heavy rain will bring some relief to severely drought-stricken areas of the ABRFC. Rain should become heaviest late Tuesday into Thursday evening, bringing several inches of rain to parts of the ABRFC area. Heavy snow could also fall in the highest elevations of Colorado. River flooding could become a concern, depending on where the heaviest rain falls.

Recent heavy rains brought substantial drought improvement to CO and adjacent areas of KS and OK, with lesser improvemen...
10/08/2026

Recent heavy rains brought substantial drought improvement to CO and adjacent areas of KS and OK, with lesser improvement observed elsewhere. Extreme and Exceptional drought still persist however, especially over W OK.

10/07/2026

Not much has changed for next week's system. Confidence remains high for increasing rain chances Sun-Tue across the Continental Divide of CO, with higher mountain snows possible by Wed. Impacts across the southeast CO plains remain uncertain until the storm track becomes more clear. Interactions with tropical moisture from the south and a couple of systems coming in from the west still suggest cooler temperatures for next week across the plains. But rain chances will depend on how that first system lifts out across the Great Basin and Central Rockies, for which there is still a considerable range of possibilities being resolved in the forecast models as of early Wednesday morning. Stay tuned.

10/07/2026

Will soon-to-be Simon come up our way, ala Polo, and give us enhanced rainfall next week? And this is after the remnants of Rachel move up to our west... so maybe a double-whammy? It's a long shot, but isn't all of Oklahoma's weather? https://ticker.mesonet.org/

10/02/2026

After abundant precipitation over the past few days across southern Colorado (widespread 2 to 3 inches), some of the higher peaks (Pikes Peak at 14, 115 feet) are still coated in several inches of snow. This picture, courtesy of the Broadmoor Cog Railroad, also indicates low clouds currently across Colorado Springs.

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10/02/2026

We didn't just beat the old record from 1931, we obliterated it by 2.7°F. Only in December 2021 do we see such a large gap between the first and second place warmest record holders for a month (5.3°F). This comes after our warmest winter, February and March, too. It'd be like if somebody suddenly ran the 100 meters in 8.2 seconds, or batting 0.500 in the Majors.

Drought improvements occurred in New Mexico, Colorado, the Panhandles and Southwest Kansas. The Exceptional (D4) and Ext...
10/01/2026

Drought improvements occurred in New Mexico, Colorado, the Panhandles and Southwest Kansas. The Exceptional (D4) and Extreme (D3) Drought categories saw decreasing coverage from rainfall before Tuesday morning. Rainfall and subsequent drought relief after Tuesday morning is included in next week's release. Further improvements will be likely in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Widespread precipitation, especially over our western areas, has been sorely needed, though some areas (like W OK) large...
10/01/2026

Widespread precipitation, especially over our western areas, has been sorely needed, though some areas (like W OK) largely missed out. Heavy rains are forecast to continue over SE OK and adjacent TX and AR today. Prospects for more rain in the coming weeks look bleak, however.

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