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SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCH LAKE RX...US FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
249 PM CST MON MAR 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON MARCH 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOL START TO THE MORNING IS EXPECTED BUT WINDS
WILL STILL BE 10-15 MPH FROM THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST /OR PRIMARILY
DRIVEN BY TERRAIN EFFECTS/ IN THE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE MORNING AND WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AND
EVENTUALLY SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE SOMEWHAT THROUGH THE MORNING.

A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL PREVAIL ALL WEEK AS A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE
PLAINS... AND SOUTH WINDS RETURN TO THE PLAINS AT THE SURFACE.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN FROM THE GULF WILL BE SLOW AND WILL BE
CONFINED MAINLY TO THE EASTERN HALVES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. WITH
INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED VERY DRY AIR OVER WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WILL BE ON
THE INCREASE ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. RAIN
CHANCES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEKEND AT THE
EARLIEST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 23
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 23 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DS
REQUESTED BY...BAKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090303.FRENC.01/OUN