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FNUS74 KTSA 232130
FWSTSA
SPOT FORECAST FOR WOLF DEN RX BURN...ARKANSAS STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CST MON FEB 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.
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
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXITS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ALLOWING FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES AND THE
RETURN OF SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............33.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15081 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (36721 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).MISSING.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............41 45 49 55 61 66 69 69 69 68 66
DEWPOINT........33 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 34 34
RH..............73 65 56 45 36 30 27 26 26 28 30
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 8 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.4 3.3 4.1 4.5 4.5 3.4 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 15 15 15 15 37 37 37 37 37 37
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
1700FT MIX T(F).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............35.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4590 KNOT-FT).
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).MISSING.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............63 60 57 54 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 46
DEWPOINT........35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 35 35 35 35
RH..............35 39 43 48 52 56 58 61 60 63 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 10 9 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
1700FT MIX T(F).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............37.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (28196 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (47213 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).MISSING.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........9 9 8 8 12 17 21 24 28 31 32 32
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............47 49 52 56 61 66 70 72 73 73 72 70
DEWPOINT........36 37 37 38 39 39 39 39 38 38 38 39
RH..............65 63 56 51 44 37 32 30 28 28 29 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 2.0 3.1 4.1 5.1 5.7 5.6 4.2 2.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 28 28 28 28 28 47 47 47 47 47 47
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR
1700FT MIX T(F).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
FORECASTER...JANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...DAVID ARMSTRONG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602070.4/TSA
.DELDT 02/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DAVID.ARMSTRONG@ARKANSAS.GOV
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