PLUS FIVE DAY FORECAST. OKAY, JONATHAN. THANK YOU. AND YOU HEARD HIM SAY IT’S ABOUT TO GET REALLY HOT. SO MANY ARE WONDERING, WATCHING AND HOPING FOR RAIN. BUT OUR EXPERTS SAY WE ARE OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE OF ONE SPECIFIC FACTOR HERE. JONATHAN ALWAYS SAYS HOPE IS NOT A FORECAST. SO LET’S GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST JOSEPH NEUBAUER AND JOSEPH. THERE’S ACTUALLY A SCIENTIFIC REASON AS TO WHY. YES, THAT WAS A PRETTY BRUTAL FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YEAH. HEADING INTO AUGUST, REALLY ONE OF OUR MAJOR TICKETS FOR RAINFALL COMES IN THE FORM OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT RIDE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO, UP INTO TEXAS, AND THEN HERE ACROSS OKLAHOMA. BUT ONE THING, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LOOKING AHEAD, MAY GET IN THE WAY OF THIS TICKET. IT’S SAHARAN DUST. HERE’S THE CURRENT LOOK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BASIN RIGHT NOW. WE EVEN HAVE A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. BUT THIS HAS EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SAHARAN DUST WORKS TO DECREASE TROPICAL ACTIVITY BY DRYING OUT THE ATMOSPHERE. THE DUST CAN ALSO REFLECT SUNLIGHT COOLING THE SEA SURFACE. TEMPERATURES BELOW TWO. SO FOR NOW, THESE WAVES ARE KEEPING THINGS PRETTY QUIET. YOU CAN SEE OUR LOCAL OUTLOOK SHOWING A LITTLE BIT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND, AND EVEN MORE COMING UP NEXT WEEK. THAT’S WHY THE SEVEN DAY OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS QUIET. SO NEXT SEVEN DAYS NOT EXPECTING ANY DEVELOPMENT. SO WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING, NOT MUCH IN THE TROPICAL SCENE, THE 10 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES LOOKS BONE DRY. AND YOU ADD THAT ON TO OUR LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR. WE’RE STILL SEEING DRY TO MODERATE DROUGHT ACROSS THE METRO. EVEN SEVERE DROUGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THIS IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORSEN WITH AN OUTLOOK LIKE YOU SAW FROM JONATHAN. AND WHAT WE SEE REALLY PUSHING INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE COULD STILL ABSOLUTELY GET RAIN, BUT WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS DROUGHT LEVEL CHANGE MUCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE JUST GOING TO SEE THINGS KIND OF PICK UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND EVEN INTO THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF AUGUST. SO YEAH, MOST OF OUR SITES HERE LAGGING BEHIND ON THE YEAR, I BELIEVE HERE IN OKC, WE’RE IN THE DEFICIT BY ABOUT THREE INCHES OF RAIN. SO WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME TO SEE TH