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FWSOUN

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEKESUKEY RX...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TODAY BECOMING BREEZY
LATER THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY AROUND
MID-AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT BY SUNSET. STRONGER WINDS FROM THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES TODAY AND
THURSDAY WILL ALSO BE MUCH WARMER THAN AVERAGE.THE WINDS COMBINED
WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR AVERAGE FRIDAY WITH A SLOW
WARM UP THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 19 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4500-6400
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 16 MPH.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     67     70     70     68     59
RH..............28     20     19     19     21     29
20 FT WIND......W 16   NW 15  W 13   W 8    W 5    S 2
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     17     15            5
MIX HGT (FT)....4500   5600   6300   6400   5400   2300
MIX HGT (M).....1370   1710   1920   1950   1650   700
TRANSPORT WIND..W 16   NW 15  W 13   W 10   W 8    SE 3
TRAN WIND (M/S).W 7    NW 7   W 6    W 4    W 4    SE 1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 51 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100-5400 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO
                    8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 17 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO
                    1200-2200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 5100-6600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO 5900-7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO
                    3700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 26
                    TO 35 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...MAXWELL
REQUESTED BY...STEVE SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120229.MEKES.01/OUN