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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOG TOWN...US FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
855 AM CDT TUE MAR 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTH WINDS WILL BE HIGHER TODAY ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES
BUT ONLY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SURFACE MOISTURE. THIS WILL RESULT
IN SOME CONCERN FOR INCREASED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE IN THE DAY CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY.
LIGHTER WINDS AND MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY BEFORE
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES ON SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     61     69     71     71     65
RH..............58     39     32     34     35     46
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 14   S 16   S 16   S 13   SE 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     20     15
MIX HGT (FT)....600    1400   2400   3200   2800   1700
MIX HGT (M).....180    430    730    980    850    520
TRANSPORT WIND..S 16   S 17   S 21   S 24   S 25   S 21
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 7    S 8    S 9    S 11   S 11   S 9

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 12
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
                    AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...SOHL
REQUESTED BY...ROB WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100323.DOGTO.01/OUN