FNUS74 KOUN 161408 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR CANTON BUFFALO PENS...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 908 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... VERY DRY AIR AND GUSTY WIND WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO SPREAD IN THE CANTON AREA ON TUESDAY. THOUGH THE WIND MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT AT IGNITION TIME TOMORROW...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE BY AROUND NOON. WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S...AFTERNOON RH WILL LIKELY FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. MOISTURE WILL BE EVEN LOWER TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST...SUCH THAT A SLIGHTLY MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND THAN FORECAST COULD RESULT IN AFTERNOON RH FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHERLY TO THE CANTON AREA AROUND LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY...WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. DUE TO THE AIR BEHIND THE WIND SHIFT BEING COOLER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN ON TUESDAY. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....59 AT IGNITION...MAX 80. MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LESS THAN 100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 9700-10900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 72 78 72 RH..............67 35 27 34 20 FT WIND......SW 8G20 SW 15G25 SW 18G30 S 10G15 MIX HGT (FT)....400 4800 10900 5000 MIX HGT (M).....120 1460 3320 1520 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 16 SW 25 SW 21 S 25 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 7 SW 11 SW 9 S 11 .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 71 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 51 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 18 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200-4600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 21 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...RUFF REQUESTED BY...JOSH WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090317.CANTO.01/OUN