FNUS74 KOUN 101356 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR WASHITA CREEK...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 856 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0834 CDT ON APRIL 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITY...AND TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES WILL COMBINE TO HEIGHTEN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY. WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH...IN CONCERT WITH THE DRY AIR AND CURED VEGETATION...WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN ANY WILDFIRE THAT STARTS. IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...A DRYLINE WILL ARRIVE AT THE WICHITA CREEK WILDFIRE BETWEEN 1030 AM AND 1130 AM CDT. WINDS WILL TURN FROM SOUTH TO WEST...SOMETIMES SOUTHWEST. SPEEDS WILL THEN INCREASE...REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE BY MID EVENING. LATER IN THE NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL TURN WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RESUME. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SPRINKLES IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 AT REQUEST...MAX 84. MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 14 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 17 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT REQUEST...INCREASING TO 6100-7900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 31 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD AREAS AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR BLDUST BLDUST BLDUST TEMP............72 77 81 83 84 82 RH..............73 54 46 30 14 15 20 FT WIND......S 15 W 21 W 24 SW 26 SW 28 SW 26 20 FT WIND GUST.30 35 45 50 50 45 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 5100 6100 6400 6500 7900 MIX HGT (M).....820 1550 1860 1950 1980 2410 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 28 W 25 W 29 SW 30 SW 30 SW 31 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 13 W 11 W 13 SW 13 SW 13 SW 14 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 68 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 16 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING. INCREASING AGAIN TO 2300-2800 FT AGL AFTER THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 20 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 28 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...BURKE REQUESTED BY...BIA FIRE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110410.WASHI.01/OUN