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Norman desk. Numbers, not vibes.


Week of Sep 4–10, 2026 Norman, Okla.

Norman weather

Desk call · Sep 7 · full board

100° through Wednesday. Thursday storm tease. Local TV desks on the board (News 9, KFOR, KOCO, Fox 25).

National five + Central OK TV. Hard 0/1 scored (thin). Soft 5–7 waiting. Season standings through Sep 10 on the full board. Full board →

How we score

Five fixed sources, snapped weekday mornings through day+6. Hard grades on 0/1/3/4; soft far-out on 5–7. Mesonet preferred for actuals, airport backup.

  • Temperature: high and low within 2°F = hit.
  • Rain (hard): PoP ≥50% counts as a rain call. Measurable precip is ≥0.01". Match = hit.
  • Rain (soft): raw PoP kept for a quieter probability score over time. Timing and amounts stay in notes.
  • Boards: hard ranks for 0-day, 1-day, 3-day, and 4-day. Days 5–7 are snapped and scored on a separate soft far-out board (thin skill, not the main trophy)—useful when everyone agrees early and only diverges later.
  • Desk blend: labeled as ours, names who we leaned on. Not “better than NWS” until the sample is real.

Six impaired-driving arrests. Two shoplifts. No burglaries.

Norman Police blotter counts for Sept. 4–10: 6 DUI or APC arrests, 2 shoplifting cases, no from-auto, auto-theft, or burglary labels, and 2 domestic-abuse labels. Sept. 5–6 PDFs are empty weekend headers. City listed through Sept. 10; Sept. 11–13 not posted yet.

6
DUI / APC arrests
2
Shoplifting
0
From auto / parts
0
Auto theft / UUMV
0
Burglary
2
Domestic abuse

Two aggravated DUI/APC at or above .15 BAC; four DUI liquor or drugs / APCV. Ordinary arrestees unnamed. Distinct cases from NPD daily PDFs.

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