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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE HEAD...BIA/SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
923 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MARCH 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
THEREFORE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL RETURN THURSDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND A
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AND BREEZY WHICH WILL COMBINE TO ELEVATE
THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TO VERY HIGH. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS
THE AREA MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE
                    FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2700-4400 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............53     54     52     45     40     36
RH..............50     48     54     68     79     92
20 FT WIND......N 14   N 14   NE 12  NE 7   E 5    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     15     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4400   4000   3300   2000   BLW100 300
MIX HGT (M).....1340   1220   1010   610    BLW10M 90
TRANSPORT WIND..N 21   N 18   N 16   NE 13  E 8    E 5
TRAN WIND (M/S).N 9    N 8    N 7    NE 6   E 4    E 2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO
                    6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 2 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900-5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16
                    TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...THOREN
REQUESTED BY...JOSH WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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