FNUS74 KOUN 291057 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR BAKERS PEAK SOUTH...US FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 557 AM CDT MON MAR 29 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION...DRY AIR WAS IN PLACE...AND DESPITE A COOL MORNING... STRONG HEATING WILL SEND TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BECOME LOOSELY ORGANIZED ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN STRENGTHEN ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL RESPOND BY INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AND SOMETIMES FROM THE SOUTH. BY AFTERNOON...SPEEDS WILL REACH 15 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS JUST OVER 20 MPH. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN SIMILAR OVERNIGHT WHILE WIND DIRECTION TURNS TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. TUESDAY WILL SEE EVEN WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER...AND WINDS INCREASING TO OVER 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT 10 AM...INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL BY NOON...AND PEAKING AT 6300 FT AGL LATE IN THE DAY. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 60 67 69 69 64 RH..............53 33 26 25 24 29 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 13 S 15 S 16 S 14 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 3300 5400 6700 5600 3000 MIX HGT (M).....400 1010 1650 2040 1710 910 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 17 S 18 S 18 S 22 S 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6 S 8 S 8 S 8 S 10 S 9 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 1900 FT AGL BY 12 PM... PEAKING NEAR 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE DAY. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 32 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...BURKE REQUESTED BY...RICHARD BAKER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100329.BAKER.01/OUN