[OKDXA] Winter Weather...

[Kim Elmore]

Freezing rain is bad for antennas. For those of you wishing to keep tabs 
on the weather without any hype, go to the National Weather Service. For 
those west of a line running roughly from Ponca City, to Chandler, to 
Ada, to Durant, go to https://www.weather.gov/oun/: this is the Norman 
Weather Forecast Office area of responsibility. For those of you east of 
this line, go to https://www.weather.gov/tsa/, which is the home of the 
Tulsa Weather Forecast office.

By far, the area with the greatest threat is an area running NE to SW 
west of the OKC metro area. The situation is changing rapidly: the ice 
accumulation amounts are generally less that 3/4" this area, and less 
that 1/2" elsewhere. However, while this is unlikely to damage our 
antennas, it will damage trees because they still have lots of leaves, 
meaning that power disruptions are a prime concern.

Kim N5OP

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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //– Robert C. 
Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./