Mr. Mark Mazetti speaks to UCO students

He says that the New York Times isn't just a paper anymore it is more of a digital paper now, where you can access it through your cell phone, iPad or any electronic device. According to him, our own House and Senate don't even know the details of the "shadows of war." In the mid 1970's US made a law where the USA couldn't assassinate world leaders without a trial.

Pre- 9/11 should the CIA use drones to kill Osama Bin Laden?
In 2004 investigations showed the CIA was torturing prisoners.

In May 2011, the US carried out an operation to find and kill Osama Bin Laden by Navy Seals, in Pakistan where the US was not at war.

Yemen is "Obama's war" with drones being used in that country by the Pentagon and the CIA. That could be a very big problem with a secret war known as "blurred lines" where no one outside the government knows what's going on.

Last night's rain snow/mix may make a comeback this weekend, mainly confined to northern Oklahoma, which they could pick up a quick 1-3 inches. Here in the Oklahoma City area our high will be around 38 degrees, as the storm system exists we may end in snow, maybe a dusting here in OKC.

Weather the next 7 days looks cool and below normal with numerous precipitation chances. Big warm up 14 days out, hang in there, Spring is just around the corner!

Past Week in Review

This past week in the weather world has been a huge roller coaster, we went from a high last Friday of 68 degrees to 43 on Saturday and 13 on Sunday with snow/sleet/freezing rain. Here we are in the month of March and we are still seeing temperatures likes this and freezing precipitation. So the question everyone is wondering is, when will Spring get here?

Unfortunately, at least for the next two weeks we will remain on this roller coaster, with more winter precipitation in the forecast this week. Right now there is a chance of freezing rain and drizzle Wednesday morning and another shot at some snowfall Saturday. Right now, the models are not in agreement so the forecast will change.

Dr. Kurt Hochenauer

  Dr. Hochenauer said although he doesn't use Twitter to attract readers he said he would highly encourage the use of Twitter. He says the number one thing about being a good blogger is, writing, if you are a good writer and there are no grammar errors. Come up with a good topic to talk about that people are interested in. Popular blogs are sports, restaurants. He thinks the Oklahoman at some point will someday have a blog. Blogging can also be used to practice writing for the blogger or an online diary. He also added, if traffic is what you are looking for, post A LOT several times a week. What you post online STAYS online.

  Great speaker. The use of social media was something I did not think about. It could really help my blog get noticed by readers interested in the weather. By using social media such as Twitter or Facebook I can bring my friends and followers to my page and maybe they will retweet or share my blog and create traffic on my page. Another thing I need to work on is structure. I need to immediately attracted my reader with the first sentence of my blog and be sure the grammar and spelling are correct.

Is Winter Over?

     The past couple of weeks have been pretty warm after a very cold and snowy start to the month of February. The high fire danger will continue to remain extremely high until we get some sort of beneficial precipitation. However, this is not unusual to the Oklahoma, January and February are in fact our driest months of the year. So what does that mean for winter weather?

     It is not uncommon for Oklahoma to get significant snow events in the month of March, so putting the coats back in the closet for the season may be a bad idea. The last day of February and the first couple of days of March look extremely cold and could have some accumulating snowfall. 

     Towards the end of March into April is when we change seasons, where we welcome our tornado season. Oklahoma sees its most tornados in the months April, May and early June and then there's another peak in tornadoes in September. 

     Right now we need to take it one step at a time and focus at what is approaching us in the near future. This weekend looks great with temperatures in the 60's and 70's but next week winter returns with highs in the 30's and 40's and by weeks end snowfall is possible.

FIRE DANGER TO REMAIN HIGH

HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK.
THE LACK OF RAINFALL AND DRY VEGETATION AND HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE A FIRE THAT STARTS HARD TO CONTROL.
WATCH YOUR BURNING!

MORE WINTER WEATHER

It seems we can't get out of this winter weather pattern, I guess it is because we are making up for a quiet January.

Another potential winter storm has it's eyes on the Sooner State Sunday-Tuesday. Right now it is too early to determine how much. However, there are some signs that this could be a significant storm and there are some signs that it could be just a light snow event.

I will post more information this weekend as we get closer to the actual date of the storm.