985
FNUS74 KTSA 251550
FWSTSA
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAFARI RX BURN...ARKANSAS DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 AM CST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 26.
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
A LOW CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE IN VICINITY OF THE BURN
SITE EARLY THURSDAY, OTHERWISE EXPECT CLEARING SKIES THROUGH
THE DAY WITH STEADY NORTH WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO
THE UPPER 60S AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING INTO THE LOW 30
PERCENT RANGE. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED THURSDAY
NIGHT.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............45 DECREASING TO 36.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24918 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (55737 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).57.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........37 26 19 15 6 6 12 11 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............54 58 61 65 67 67 69 67 65
DEWPOINT........47 47 46 44 42 40 38 37 36
RH..............77 67 58 47 41 37 32 32 34
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.4 2.4 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.9 3.5 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 12 12 12 13 13 13 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..25 25 25 56 56 56 56 56 56
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR
1700FT MIX T(F).55 55 55 55 56 58 59 58 57
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............35.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND
5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 6 TO
7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (655 KNOT-FT).
STABILITY CLASS.....6.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).56.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........22 26 16 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............62 56 53 51 49 47 46 45 43 42 41 40
DEWPOINT........35 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 35 34 34
RH..............37 47 53 56 61 65 68 71 73 75 78 80
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE E E E E SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
1700FT MIX T(F).56 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 57 57 57 58
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............36.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO 14
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16393 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (49836 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
1700FT AVG MIX T(F).61.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............40 44 48 54 60 65 70 73 74 74 73 70
DEWPOINT........34 35 37 38 38 37 36 35 34 34 34 35
RH..............78 72 64 55 44 35 29 25 24 23 24 27
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 13 12 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.2 2.2 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 2.9 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 7 7 8 9 12 13 14 12 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 16 16 16 16 16 50 50 50 50 50 50
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR
1700FT MIX T(F).58 58 59 59 59 59 59 60 62 63 64 64
FORECASTER...J.MCGAVOCK
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT VANHOOK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603964.0/TSA
.DELDT 02/25/26
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.EMAIL SCOTT.VANHOOK@ARKANSAS.GOV
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