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SPOT FORECAST FOR PACKSADDLE WMA...OK. DEPT OF WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
816 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY... BRINGING PERIODS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING. BEHIND
THE SYSTEM... A STRONG BUT SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND WILL STALL NEAR INTERSTATE
44 THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE MILD CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT... NOTICEABLY COOLER CONDITIONS
WILL EXIST TO ITS NORTHWEST. ANOTHER STRONGER UPPER DISTURBANCE
WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA... AND MAY CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THERE ALSO MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD
SOUTH BEHIND THIS SYSTEM... LEADING TO BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES
GOING INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
MAINLY FROM SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO TEXAS... ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE. OTHERWISE... NEXT WEEK LOOKS
TO BE MOSTLY DRY WITH A SLOW MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES BY THE END
OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3400 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 13 MPH.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     42     45     46     43     39
RH..............79     70     60     55     60     70
20 FT WIND......NW 10  N 10   N 9    N 7    NE 6   NE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1300   2200   2800   3300   3200   1200
MIX HGT (M).....400    670    850    1010   980    370
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 13  N 12   N 10   N 8    NE 7   NE 7
TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 6   N 5    N 4    N 4    NE 3   NE 3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GALLANT
REQUESTED BY...S  PARRY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100219.PACKS.01/OUN