Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
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Spot Forecast for Drummond Flats WMA...Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife
National Weather Service Norman OK
545 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (405) 325-3816 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Winds will be shifting from the NE to SE during the day Wednesday with
relatively light (5-10 mph) winds during the morning with winds increasing
to 10-15 mph with some gusts around 20 mph Wednesday afternoon. A warm
front will be lifting north across the area. If this boundary makes it farther
north than currently forecast, winds could become more southerly than currently
forecast Wednesday afternoon. Moisture will be increasing Wednesday with min RH
expected to be around 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........52 at ignition...Max 86.
RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 5 mph at
ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph
shifting to the southeast 8 to 13 mph late in
the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast 17
to 18 mph early in the afternoon, then shifting
to the south 21 to 22 mph late in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to excellent (2500-90800 knot-ft)
increasing to excellent (113200-127000 knot-ft)
late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
Sky (%).........3 5 3 3 3 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............52 61 74 81 85 86
RH..............71 58 40 33 32 33
20 FT wind dir..NE E E SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 7 9 12 13 12
20 FT wind gust.7 13 16 20 21 20
Mix hgt (ft)....400 600 2400 4000 5600 6600
Transport wind..E 7 E 8 E 15 SE 18 S 18 S 22
VRate ktft/1000.3 4 32 64 91 127
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming partly cloudy after
3 am then becoming mostly cloudy then becoming
partly cloudy early in the morning.
Temperature.........Min 59.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 21 mph increasing to 21 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to excellent (3700-76600 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........4 5 4 7 25 57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............85 78 68 66 65 64
RH..............34 44 62 74 85 96
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S
20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 12 13 16
20 FT wind gust.17 17 17 20 21 26
Mix hgt (ft)....4300 500 400 700 900 900
Transport wind..S 21 SE 13 SE 15 S 21 S 24 S 23
VRate ktft/1000.77 5 6 14 20 19
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming sunny early in the
morning then becoming mostly sunny then
becoming partly sunny in the late morning and
afternoon then becoming mostly sunny.
Temperature.........Max 75.
RH..................Min 42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 13 to 15 mph shifting to the
northwest 17 to 23 mph with gusts to around 38
mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
north 20 to 24 mph with gusts to around 40 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 22 mph shifting to the north 26
to 32 mph in the late morning and early
afternoon, then decreasing to 24 to 29 mph late
in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to excellent (10300-88700 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........28 43 57 57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............61 65 69 70
RH..............100 71 49 44
20 FT wind dir..S W N N
20 FT wind spd..13 17 23 23
20 FT wind gust.21 28 38 38
Mix hgt (ft)....600 2000 2900 3500
Transport wind..SW 20 NW 26 N 32 N 29
VRate ktft/1000.11 45 82 89
$$
Forecaster...MAXWELL
Requested by...Thad Potts
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL thad.potts@odwc.ok.gov