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Spot Forecast for Catesby Fire Suppression Repair...Oklahoma Forestry Services
National Weather Service Norman OK
948 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 08.
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...
Breezy northerly winds this morning will gradually decrease
through the afternoon. Drier air behind a cold front will result
in minimum relative humidity values near 15% this afternoon,
which may result in briefly elevated fire weather conditions.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........66 at ignition...Max 80.
RH..................26 percent at ignition...Min 15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 17 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 7 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 10100 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 16 to 23 mph shifting to the west 15
                    to 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good to excellent (49400-130700 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      4      4      1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............66     71     76     79
RH..............26     22     18     15
20 FT wind dir..N      N      N      NW
20 FT wind spd..15     12     8      7
20 FT wind gust.26     20     14     13
Mix hgt (ft)....2500   4200   6300   9200
Transport wind..N 23   NW 17  W 16   W 15
VRate ktft/1000.49     64     89     119

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming partly cloudy.
Temperature.........Min 48.
RH..................Max 52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 6 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 16 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 12 to 15 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (75000-145200 knot-ft) decreasing to
                    poor (4200-8400 knot-ft) early in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........7      10     14     6      21     48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............78     75     63     59     55     52
RH..............15     20     32     39     43     48
20 FT wind dir..N      NE     NE     NE     N      N
20 FT wind spd..8      9      6      6      6      6
20 FT wind gust.14     16     10     10     9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....10400  700    500    400    400    500
Transport wind..W 16   NE 14  NE 14  NE 14  NE 13  NE 12
VRate ktft/1000.145    8      6      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly sunny early
                    in the morning then becoming sunny.
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 14 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to excellent (5500-101700 knot-ft)
                    increasing to excellent (112800-121700 knot-ft)
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........46        71        15        13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............50        56        70        75
RH..............50        45        30        24
20 FT wind dir..N         N         N         N
20 FT wind spd..6         9         12        13
20 FT wind gust.9         16        20        21
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1500      4100      6400
Transport wind..N 15      N 17      N 17      N 18
VRate ktft/1000.6         23        62        102

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Forecaster...MAHALE
Requested by...Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/08/24
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.EMAIL drew.daily@ag.ok.gov