738
FNUS74 KTSA 170358
FWSTSA
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHEELER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
958 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2300 CST ON JANUARY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NWS TULSA AT (918)838-7838, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING
WITH STEADY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WHICH ARE GUSTY AT TIMES. DRIER
AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
TREND LOWER BY SUNRISE ALL FALL INTO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE 30S.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
FLURRIES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............21 DECREASING TO 14 AFTER 3 AM.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7213 KNOT-FT).
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).34 DECREASING TO 28 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (CST) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........51 41 36 36 39 34 31
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 34 32 31 30 29 26
DEWPOINT........22 23 21 20 19 16 12
RH..............59 64 63 63 63 58 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.11 12 13 14 17 17 17
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 6 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.11 12 13 14 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 16 17 17 20 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 12 12 12 12 12 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
1700FT MIX T(F).39 37 35 34 32 30 28
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............9 DECREASING TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN 24 MPH IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 32
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (131147 KNOT-FT).
STABILITY CLASS.....5.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).31.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN 24 MPH IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........27 28 16 3 16 30 39 51 57 48 55 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............25 25 23 27 30 32 33 35 33 33 33 29
DEWPOINT........11 10 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 4 3 3
RH..............54 53 56 46 40 34 31 29 29 29 28 32
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 10 11 11 12 13 12 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 14 14 17 18 18 18 19 18 18 17
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 7 8 8 10 11 11 12 13 12 11 11
EYE LVL WND GST.16 14 14 14 17 18 18 18 19 18 18 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 0.8 0.9 3.0 5.0 6.3 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.5 5.9 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 13 10 20 28 31 32 31 29 29 25 24
VRATE KT-FT/1K..131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131
VENTRATE CAT....VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
1700FT MIX T(F).27 27 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 35 33
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 13.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 16 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 10
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 5 TO 9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (34754 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5901 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).25.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
16 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........31 15 7 7 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............26 24 22 20 19 17 16 15 14 14 13 13
DEWPOINT........3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
RH..............36 40 39 41 42 46 51 53 55 55 54 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 12 10 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.9 8 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
EYE LVL WND GST.16 14 12 10 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N N NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 18 15 12 10 9 6 5 7 8 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 35 35 35 35 35 6 6 6 6 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
1700FT MIX T(F).30 28 26 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21 21
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............1 INCREASING TO 11.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 29
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 23 TO 32 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING
TO AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (54426 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (92459 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).26 INCREASING TO 42.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 8 6 3 4 5 6 5 5 4 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............14 13 17 22 28 33 38 42 44 45 44 42
DEWPOINT........0 0 0 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 12 13
RH..............53 54 48 39 33 27 24 23 23 24 27 31
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 9 11 12 12 12 11 9 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 10 11 13 14 18 18 18 18 17 14 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 6 7 9 11 12 12 12 11 9 6
EYE LVL WND GST.7 10 11 13 14 18 18 18 18 17 14 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.3 2.5 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 15 21 25 29 31 32 31 29 23 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..54 54 54 54 54 54 92 92 92 92 92 92
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
1700FT MIX T(F).22 23 24 26 28 30 32 35 38 40 42 43
FORECASTER...J.MCGAVOCK
REQUESTED BY...BRADLEY INGLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2600393.0/TSA
.DELDT 01/16/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRADLEY.INGLE@USDA.GOV
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