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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST RD PASTURE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
855 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ONE STORM SYSTEM LIFTED OUT OF OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. WITH A TROUGH AXIS SETTING UP
IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...WINDS ACROSS THE STATE WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...
AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 90S. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 20 MPH.
A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN THE STATE TONIGHT...PRODUCING A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT PROGRESSES TO THE SOUTH. THE FRONT WILL REACH SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA TOWARD MIDDAY ON THURSDAY...TURNING WINDS TO THE NORTH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79 AT IGNITION...MAX 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8700-9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 18 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............79     89     92     93     92     88
RH..............72     54     47     44     46     55
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 9    S 12   S 12   S 9    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2700   7200   9500   8900   8700   5900
MIX HGT (M).....820    2190   2900   2710   2650   1800
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 13  S 13   S 14   S 16   S 18   S 21
TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 6   S 6    S 6    S 7    S 8    S 9

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 21 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 51 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 M PH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6100-7900 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. DECREASING TO 3300 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 12 TO
                    18 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BURKE
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD BAKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090819.WESTR.01/OUN