FNUS74 KOUN 182156
FWSOUN

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIC NPS ERC BURN...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
356 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1605 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARM AND RELATIVELY MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WHILE ALSO SPREADING NORTHWARD. LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL
TURN SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE IN SPEED FROM THE SOUTH ON
SATURDAY. BROKEN OR OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH BREAKS OF PARTIAL SUN DURING THE AFTERNOONS. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING
A BRIEF CHANCE OF RAIN...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY
NORTH WINDS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS (UP TO 90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER
                    BY MIDNIGHT). PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL AT 4 PM...DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL BY 8 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    12 TO 13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 61 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3100 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 21 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BURKE
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS JONES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110218.CHICN.02/OUN