FNUS74 KOUN 221331 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST RANGE FIRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 831 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0759 CDT ON OCTOBER 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE AND WILL VARY FROM SSE TO SE. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIALLY THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM FALLING BELOW 50 PERCENT. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR A STORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE EAST OF SITE. WINDS FORECAST TO SHIFT TO LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY LATE THIS EVENING THEN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND EVENTUALLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 56 63 71 74 74 RH..............93 83 70 59 55 57 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 6 SE 8 SE 10 SE 12 SE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...BROWN REQUESTED BY...JEREMIAH PHILLIPS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111022.WESTR.01/OUN