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SPOT FORECAST FOR PONTOTOC RIDGE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SATURDAY EVENING WILL BE MILD WITH MODERATE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT... BY OKLAHOMA STANDARDS... FROM
THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE IS ONLY A VERY
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR SUNDAY... WINDS
WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH... TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SUNDAY WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME AS SATURDAY IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. PLEASE NOTE THAT... DUE TO SOFTWARE
PROBLEMS... THE FIRST PORTION - SATURDAY - OF THE FORECAST BELOW
INCLUDES ROUGH ESTIMATES BASED ON OUR CURRENT FORECAST.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80 PERCENT SKY COVER).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......ABOUT 5300 FT AGL MID-AFTERNOON... DECREASING
                    TO ABOUT 2600 FT AT IGNITION TIME.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE DAY... INCREASING
                    AND TURNING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON... REACHING
                    20 TO 30 MPH BY IGNITION TIME.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 16 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 28 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SHARPE
REQUESTED BY...MARK MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110319.PONTO.01/OUN