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SPOT FORECAST FOR WASHITA CREEK...BIA SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
934 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2120 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF OKLAHOMA WITH MORE HUMID AIR SPREADING BACK INTO THE
REGION. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH
DRIER AIR PUSHING BACK EASTWARD A BIT. UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE...WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 90S ELSEWHERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

SUNDAY...HOWEVER...IS OF GREATER CONCERN THROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A FULL DAY OF VERY STRONG AND
DRY WINDS...FOLLOWED BY A SHARP WIND SHIFT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH
                    LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800-8400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GALLANT
REQUESTED BY...JOSH WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110407.WASHI.01/OUN