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SPOT FORECAST FOR STINKING...BIA/SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
940 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT IN WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BOTH DAYS. TODAY A STALLED FRONT
RUNNING FROM WOODWARD TO OKLAHOMA CITY AND DURANT...WILL SEPARATE LIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS FROM LIGHT WEST WINDS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE FRONT WILL
LIFT NORTHWARD...AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MAY BECOME BREEZY IN WARMER
AREAS SOUTH OF THE FRONT. SPEEDS WILL STILL AVERAGE LESS THAN 20 MPH.
WINDS WILL THEN BECOME MORE CONSISTENTLY STRONG FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING
THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING UNTIL A COLD FRONT ARRIVES EARLY SUNDAY.
DURING THIS PERIOD...AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 30 MPH...AND IN
SOME PLACES 40 MPH. GULF MOISTURE WILL RETURN...HOWEVER...AND WILL
KEEP AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AT 30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION. THERE IS
A CHANCE OF RAIN WHEN THE FRONT ARRIVES SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9200-11000 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND
                    12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............48     54     68     76     80     80
RH..............68     52     33     31     27     27
20 FT WIND......NW 6   N 6    SE 1   W 6    NW 10  NW 9
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     10            10
MIX HGT (FT)....200    1300   2400   4300   9200   11000
MIX HGT (M).....60     400    730    1310   2800   3350
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 5   E 10   S 12   W 12   NW 18  NW 20
TRAN WIND (M/S).NE 2   E 4    S 5    W 5    NW 8   NW 9

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 10
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10700-11800
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RUFF
REQUESTED BY...JOSH WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.STINK.01/OUN