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SPOT FORECAST FOR COL EASTSIDE BURN...FORT SILL FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
245 PM CST WED MAR 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WITH LOW PRESSURE FORMING IN COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN SPEED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY.
SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 60S...WITH
MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND 40 TO 45 PERCENT. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STEADY AT 10 TO 15 MPH
OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH FEWER GUSTS. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN STRENGTHEN ON
FRIDAY...AND ALTHOUGH WIND DIRECTION WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTHEAST...
SPEEDS WILL INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...
ABOUT 15 PERCENT...OF RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     59     60     58     53     49
RH..............54     47     47     53     64     74
20 FT WIND......S 12   S 13   S 13   SE 12  SE 10  SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     15     15     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3700   5300   5400   3800   1300   BLW100
MIX HGT (M).....1130   1620   1650   1160   400    BLW10M
TRANSPORT WIND..S 16   S 16   S 17   S 20   SE 14  SE 9
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 7    S 7    S 8    S 9    SE 6   SE 4

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT
                    AGL BY 9 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 14 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 29 MPH
                    BY NOON.

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FORECASTER...BURKE
REQUESTED BY...CLINT LANGFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100304.COLEA.01/OUN