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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROY S CORNER...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
654 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0655 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA TODAY...REACHING SOUTHERN
CADDO COUNTY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM.  VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
WILDFIRES. HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOW ENOUGH THAT RED
FLAG CONDITIONS WILL NOT DEVELOP. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY FORM BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-8300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     55     67     77     81     82
RH..............74     69     47     35     30     31
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 8    S 9    S 12   E 14   E 15
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....200    600    1500   3000   5200   7400
MIX HGT (M).....60     180    460    910    1580   2260
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14   S 16   S 17   S 17   SW 17  SW 15
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6    S 7    S 8    S 8    SW 8   SW 7

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTS
                    UP TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15
                    TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHEAST 26 TO 28 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-4400 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 17 TO 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GALLANT
REQUESTED BY...ROBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090318.ROYSC.01/OUN