FNUS74 KOUN 051348 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIC NPS ERC BURN...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 748 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A BROKEN DECK OF LOW CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY BECOME SCATTERED BY LATE MORNING AND MOVE OUT BY MIDDAY. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE SUNNY. CHILLY NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 20 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. GUSTS WILL BE STRONGER...AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING. THEN GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARD EVENING. DESPITE RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 50S THIS AFTERNOON... A DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL SUPPORT MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 25 TO 30 PERCENT. AFTER A PERIOD OF LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY...AGAIN WITH LOW HUMIDITY...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR 60 IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) EARLY... BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY MIDDAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 4400-5200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 21 TO 28 MPH. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 47 52 54 52 44 RH..............43 36 32 28 26 32 20 FT WIND......N 16 N 15 N 15 N 13 N 10 N 7 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 25 20 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 5000 5200 5100 4500 2100 MIX HGT (M).....1130 1520 1580 1550 1370 640 TRANSPORT WIND..N 23 N 23 N 21 N 22 N 24 N 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 10 N 10 N 9 N 10 N 11 N 7 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 30. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 51 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 24 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. .TUESDAY... WARMER. CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...BURKE REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS JONES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110305.CHICN.01/OUN