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SPOT FORECAST FOR RX CHIC 2013...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1018 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TODAY AT 10-18 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MOISTURE WILL BE GRADUALLY INCREASING THIS
AFTERNOON BUT HUMIDITIES STILL EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25
PERCENT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN THE SAME TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY
BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS. MORE
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES
FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 600-1900 FT
                    AGL INCREASING TO 3200-5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     66     70     69
RH..............41     29     25     27
20 FT WIND......S 13   S 16   S 16   S 16
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     25     25
MIX HGT (FT)....1200   3200   5000   3000
MIX HGT (M).....370    980    1520   910
TRANSPORT WIND..S 17   S 26   S 32   S 31
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8    S 12   S 14   S 14

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 16 MPH.

.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 33 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MAXWELL
REQUESTED BY...TODD WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130217.RXCHI.01/OUN