FNUS74 KOUN 031311 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL PASTURE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 811 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME GUSTY BY MIDDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK TONIGHT AND BECOME EVEN STRONGER ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. WARM DRY AIR WILL LIMIT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION BUT COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO CREATE EXTREME WILDFIRE POTENTIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. A COOLER BUT CONTINUED DRY PATTERN WILL PREVAIL EARLY NEXT WEEK AS CANADIAN AIR MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM. FREEZES WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AROUND NEXT THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 65 67 67 63 57 RH..............31 26 25 26 32 43 20 FT WIND......S 15 S 16 S 18 S 17 S 17 SE 17 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....3600 4900 5200 5200 3300 500 MIX HGT (M).....1100 1490 1580 1580 1010 150 TRANSPORT WIND..S 23 S 26 S 26 S 30 S 29 SE 23 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 10 S 12 S 12 S 13 S 13 SE 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 66 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 16 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 16 TO 22 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 35 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10500-11100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY... MUCH COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 19 MPH. .MONDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH. .TUESDAY... CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CURL REQUESTED BY...ROPER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090403.BULLP.01/OUN