FNUS74 KTSA 181412 FWSTSA FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR PERI UNIT 3...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 812 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SOME SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS BENTON COUNTY TODAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTH AROUND 9AM AND INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND NOON AT AROUND 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS COULD BE IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM TEMP............29 34 37 39 40 40 39 DEWPT...........14 13 13 14 14 14 14 RH..............53 46 41 37 37 38 40 20FT WIND DIR...S SW SW SW SW SW S 20FT SPD (MPH)..6 8 8 8 8 8 7 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 15 15 15 15 15 15 CLOUDS (%)......6 6 7 8 9 10 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... MIXHGT/100(FT)..014 021 025 028 028 026 022 TR WIND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TR WIND SPD(MPH)13 16 18 21 22 23 23 STABILITY.......C C C D D E E 1700FT MIX T (F)38 34 37 40 41 41 40 VENT/1000(M 3/S)002 005 006 008 008 008 007 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM TEMP............37 35 35 34 33 33 32 32 31 31 31 30 DEWPT...........15 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 RH..............45 50 54 57 60 63 66 70 73 76 79 83 20FT WIND DIR...S S S S S S S S S S S S 20FT SPD (MPH)..7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CLOUDS (%)......12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... MIXHGT/100(FT)..017 013 010 007 004 002 001 001 001 001 001 001 TR WIND DIR.....SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S TR WIND SPD(MPH)23 21 18 15 13 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 STABILITY.......F F F F F F F F F F F F 1700FT MIX T (F)37 47 47 47 47 47 46 47 47 47 48 49 VENT/1000(M 3/S)005 004 002 001 001 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700-2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM TEMP............30 30 30 32 36 39 42 44 46 47 46 45 DEWPT...........23 24 25 26 27 27 28 27 27 26 25 25 RH..............86 89 91 84 74 66 61 55 52 50 51 53 20FT WIND DIR...S SW SW W W NW NW NW N N N N 20FT SPD (MPH)..4 4 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20FT GUST(MPH)..5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CLOUDS (%)......17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 19 19 18 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... MIXHGT/100(FT)..001 000 000 001 004 008 012 016 019 020 019 017 TR WIND DIR.....S S S S SW NW N N N N N NE TR WIND SPD(MPH)6 6 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 STABILITY.......F D D D C C C C C C D D 1700FT MIX T (F)50 50 51 51 53 54 55 55 46 46 46 52 VENT/1000(M 3/S)000 000 000 000 000 001 001 002 002 003 003 003 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .SUNDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...JANKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...NOLAN MOORE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120118.PERIU.01/TSA