O.T. It's true, I swear

[Cahokanut]

About two weeks ago, At around 4am, I was driving through Oklahoma. My Outside temperature indicator, indicated it was 101°. Coming down a couple degree every mile as I drove North.
I thought my [shirt] was broke. But nope. It was 101° in nowhere Oklahoma at 4am. It's true, I swear.

[Cahokanut]

I get it no one cares.

But this was crazy and yes I've spent all morning looking for the story

https://www.koco.com/article/chickasha- ... s/64874345

[Frank Underwood]

That’s freakish. I was just telling my wife this morning that I like this weather….58 degrees when I woke up! Unfortunately, we aren’t too far away from 95 degree days and 80+ and humid at night.

[BrummerStealsHome]

Sounds like it may have been the rare meteorological phenomenon known as the macroburst. Microbursts are much more common. You have probably heard of them wrt causing planes to crash when they occurred near airports, which is why warning systems were developed to detect them and prevent such tragedies. A macroburst occurred over the DFW area once in the mid-90s. On a clear late afternoon with temps in the 80s, a strong steady wind came up out of nowhere and the temperatures rose significantly. I recall my power going out so I compensated for losing my AC by opening some windows. I soon figured out that the outside air was getting much warmer, nearing 100, so I closed them back up and sweated it out. I don't recall exactly how long it lasted. An hour, maybe? But when the power came back on and I could access the news, I learned that the event was region-wide, centered just south of Arlington, TX, and that it was a macroburst.

[George Zipp]

Sounds like it may have been the rare meteorological phenomenon known as the macroburst. Microbursts are much more common. You have probably heard of them wrt causing planes to crash when they occurred near airports, which is why warning systems were developed to detect them and prevent such tragedies. A macroburst occurred over the DFW area once in the mid-90s. On a clear late afternoon with temps in the 80s, a strong steady wind came up out of nowhere and the temperatures rose significantly. I recall my power going out so I compensated for losing my AC by opening some windows. I soon figured out that the outside air was getting much warmer, nearing 100, so I closed them back up and sweated it out. I don't recall exactly how long it lasted. An hour, maybe? But when the power came back on and I could access the news, I learned that the event was region-wide, centered just south of Arlington, TX, and that it was a macroburst.

There is also a famous microburst that happened in August of 1985 at DFW that brought down a Delta L10-11 on the East side of the field. That crash changed so much about modern aviation. It was instrumental in fast tracking the development of Doppler Technology to detect the microbursts, changed the ways and rule of airlines flying into and near the vicinity of storms and changed communication protocol between pilots, other planes and ATC regarding microbursts.

[BrummerStealsHome]

Sounds like it may have been the rare meteorological phenomenon known as the macroburst. Microbursts are much more common. You have probably heard of them wrt causing planes to crash when they occurred near airports, which is why warning systems were developed to detect them and prevent such tragedies. A macroburst occurred over the DFW area once in the mid-90s. On a clear late afternoon with temps in the 80s, a strong steady wind came up out of nowhere and the temperatures rose significantly. I recall my power going out so I compensated for losing my AC by opening some windows. I soon figured out that the outside air was getting much warmer, nearing 100, so I closed them back up and sweated it out. I don't recall exactly how long it lasted. An hour, maybe? But when the power came back on and I could access the news, I learned that the event was region-wide, centered just south of Arlington, TX, and that it was a macroburst.

There is also a famous microburst that happened in August of 1985 at DFW that brought down a Delta L10-11 on the East side of the field. That crash changed so much about modern aviation. It was instrumental in fast tracking the development of Doppler Technology to detect the microbursts, changed the ways and rule of airlines flying into and near the vicinity of storms and changed communication protocol between pilots, other planes and ATC regarding microbursts.

That's the microburst I was thinking of when I wrote the above.

[dhsux]

Remember the Ozark crash at Lambert so many years ago?

They called it a "downdraft".....some "draft"....anyway maybe today they call it a "micro burst".

[George Zipp]

Sounds like it may have been the rare meteorological phenomenon known as the macroburst. Microbursts are much more common. You have probably heard of them wrt causing planes to crash when they occurred near airports, which is why warning systems were developed to detect them and prevent such tragedies. A macroburst occurred over the DFW area once in the mid-90s. On a clear late afternoon with temps in the 80s, a strong steady wind came up out of nowhere and the temperatures rose significantly. I recall my power going out so I compensated for losing my AC by opening some windows. I soon figured out that the outside air was getting much warmer, nearing 100, so I closed them back up and sweated it out. I don't recall exactly how long it lasted. An hour, maybe? But when the power came back on and I could access the news, I learned that the event was region-wide, centered just south of Arlington, TX, and that it was a macroburst.

There is also a famous microburst that happened in August of 1985 at DFW that brought down a Delta L10-11 on the East side of the field. That crash changed so much about modern aviation. It was instrumental in fast tracking the development of Doppler Technology to detect the microbursts, changed the ways and rule of airlines flying into and near the vicinity of storms and changed communication protocol between pilots, other planes and ATC regarding microbursts.

That's the microburst I was thinking of when I wrote the above.

Yeah, kind of figured. I know hindsight can be ridiculous at times but that accident was so preventable. Was also one of those freaky deals where your seat determined if you died or got out unscathed.

[BrummerStealsHome]

Sounds like it may have been the rare meteorological phenomenon known as the macroburst. Microbursts are much more common. You have probably heard of them wrt causing planes to crash when they occurred near airports, which is why warning systems were developed to detect them and prevent such tragedies. A macroburst occurred over the DFW area once in the mid-90s. On a clear late afternoon with temps in the 80s, a strong steady wind came up out of nowhere and the temperatures rose significantly. I recall my power going out so I compensated for losing my AC by opening some windows. I soon figured out that the outside air was getting much warmer, nearing 100, so I closed them back up and sweated it out. I don't recall exactly how long it lasted. An hour, maybe? But when the power came back on and I could access the news, I learned that the event was region-wide, centered just south of Arlington, TX, and that it was a macroburst.

There is also a famous microburst that happened in August of 1985 at DFW that brought down a Delta L10-11 on the East side of the field. That crash changed so much about modern aviation. It was instrumental in fast tracking the development of Doppler Technology to detect the microbursts, changed the ways and rule of airlines flying into and near the vicinity of storms and changed communication protocol between pilots, other planes and ATC regarding microbursts.

That's the microburst I was thinking of when I wrote the above.

Yeah, kind of figured. I know hindsight can be ridiculous at times but that accident was so preventable. Was also one of those freaky deals where your seat determined if you died or got out unscathed.

I remember that crash well. I was warming up to play a softball game when someone broke the news about a plane crash at DFW. A teammate had a sister flying in about that time and was frantic to find out if it was her plane. Back then there was no internet or anyone to call.