Utilizing Oklahoma Mesonet Observations to Investigate the East Wind Anomaly in Eastern Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Mesonet is a weather monitoring network whose stations have been used to document previously undocumented meteorological phenomena for the past 30 years. One such occurrence is the east wind anomaly, the tendency for sites in the river valleys of eastern Oklahoma to experience an easterly wind compared to the prevailing synoptic flow. This project will utilize Mesonet wind data to investigate the characteristics of the east wind anomaly. The conditions under which this anomaly occurs will be explored, such as time of occurrence and background flow. The spatial and temporal extent of this anomaly may also be researched, along with the contributions of terrain and anthropogenic influences to this flow pattern.