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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE DOG...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1118 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CHANNELING EFFECT OF HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST
OF THE SPOT FORECAST LOCATION COULD LEAD NORTH WINDS IN THE 20 MPH
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON TO BE EVEN STRONGER AT TIMES. THOUGH COOLER
AIR HAS MOVED IN...THE AIR IS ALSO DRY...AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. WIND SPEEDS
WILL DECREASE INTO THE 10 MPH RANGE BY EARLY EVENING...WITH
EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ON WEDNESDAY. LOWER WIND SPEEDS AND
SOMEWHAT GREATER RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW.

APOLOGIES FOR THE MIX-UP...ANOTHER SPOT REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AT
THE SAME TIME.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 18 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 21 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3600-4600
                    FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600-9300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 18 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     57     63     60     57     52
RH..............39     30     26     32     37     46
20 FT WIND......N 21   N 18   NW 16  N 14   N 10   NE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.25     20     20     15            10
MIX HGT (FT)....3600   5600   7600   9300   6300   300
MIX HGT (M).....1100   1710   2320   2830   1920   90
TRANSPORT WIND..N 18   NW 16  NW 17  NW 18  NW 14  N 7
TRAN WIND (M/S).N 8    NW 7   NW 8   NW 8   NW 6   N 3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...MUNSTERMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090324.PRAIR.01/OUN