Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK

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FNUS74 KOUN 071616
FWSOUN

Spot Forecast for Eichelberger Rx...SWOSU
National Weather Service Norman OK
1116 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on May 07.
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...
Although afternoon relative humidities will be very low today
across the Southern High Plain with southwest winds gusting 15-20
mph, ground fuels appeared to have greened up as ERC values are
low so fire weather conditions will be low today and
through the remainder of this week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 21 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (139500-161200 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........3      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............80     80
RH..............18     20
20 FT wind dir..SW     S
20 FT wind spd..12     16
20 FT wind gust.20     26
Mix hgt (ft)....7700   7700
Transport wind..SW 21  SW 24
VRate ktft/1000.140    161

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear then becoming mostly clear early in the
                    morning.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 28 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 16 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (153000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    to good (6100-38300 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........1      5      5      5      5      6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............78     73     66     66     63     62
RH..............22     30     40     43     52     58
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..16     16     17     17     16     10
20 FT wind gust.26     26     28     30     26     17
Mix hgt (ft)....6700   500    500    500    500    400
Transport wind..SW 26  S 22   S 25   S 28   S 26   S 20
VRate ktft/1000.153    10     12     12     12     8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    north 7 to 15 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 20 mph increasing to 16 to 25 mph
                    in the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the northwest 12 to 14 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (4600-55800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........10        6         3         2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............59        63        74        80
RH..............67        46        29        22
20 FT wind dir..W         N         N         N
20 FT wind spd..8         13        13        8
20 FT wind gust.14        21        21        14
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1600      3100      5100
Transport wind..NW 12     N 20      N 17      NW 13
VRate ktft/1000.5         27        46        56

$$
Forecaster...RUFF
Requested by...Eric Pritchard
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/07/24
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.EMAIL eric.pritchard@swosu.edu