FNUS74 KOUN 131450 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR AIRPORT...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 850 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT NORTH WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK INTO THE 50S WEDNESDAY. BUT ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. COLD TO VERY COLD WEATHER WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....40 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1300-3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800-4600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 46 47 47 40 37 RH..............30 24 24 25 34 38 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 6 W 5 SW 3 S 2 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 3800 4600 3800 2400 1000 MIX HGT (M).....790 1160 1400 1160 730 300 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12 NW 12 NW 12 W 6 SW 6 S 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 W 3 SW 3 S 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 53 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1000 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MUCH COLDER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .SATURDAY... WARMER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...MAXWELL REQUESTED BY...HOWARD BOSS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090113.AIRPO.01/OUN