Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
950 FNUS74 KOUN 081448 FWSOUN 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 $$ Forecaster...MAHALE Requested by...Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413493.0/OUN .DELDT 05/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL drew.daily@ag.ok.gov