466  
FNUS74 KOUN 261347  
FWSOUN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG TERM SEVERITY...CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO TRIBES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
847 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 26.  
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.  
   
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM CDT  
FRIDAY...  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER ENVIRONMENTS ARE FORECAST BOTH  
TODAY AND TOMORROW (FRIDAY) ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA,  
WITH NEAR-CRITICAL TO LOCALLY CRITICAL CATEGORY EXPECTED BOTH DAYS.  
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH-TO-SOUTH ON THURSDAY EVENING,  
OFFERING A SHARP WIND SHIFT (SOUTHWEST-TO-NORTH) SOMETIME IN THE  
9 PM TO 12 AM (FRIDAY) TIMEFRAME.  
 
NORTH-NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON  
FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. MINIMUM AFTERNOON  
HUMIDITY MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 20-25% IN SPOTS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL  
OKLAHOMA, ESPECIALLY WHERE CLOUDS BEGIN TO DECREASE (I.E.,  
TEMPERATURES WARM) INTO THE AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.  
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 22 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO  
41 MPH INCREASING TO 45 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........6 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............69 74 79 82 86 89 91 91 92  
RH..............68 59 50 46 42 35 33 31 30  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.22 24 26 28 26 29 30 29 29  
SURFACE WND GST.33 37 40 41 40 44 45 44 44  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 17 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 41 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND  
14 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 14  
TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 33 MPH  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........2 3 4 4 6 3 3 4 4 3 12 36  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............90 88 85 80 78 76 74 71 69 65 62 59  
RH..............32 34 37 44 47 48 51 55 59 68 67 69  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S NW NE NE N N  
SURFACE WND SPD.28 24 23 22 22 20 17 14 14 15 17 22  
SURFACE WND GST.41 37 35 33 33 30 26 21 21 23 26 33  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY EARLY  
IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN  
BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE  
OF SPRINKLES IN THE MORNING.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS 26 TO 31 MPH WITH GUSTS  
TO AROUND 47 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........42 61 64 70 75 71 68 64 62 59 57 59  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............55 53 50 49 49 50 51 53 53 54 55 55  
RH..............77 77 80 80 77 68 61 52 48 41 37 34  
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N NE NE NE  
SURFACE WND SPD.26 29 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 29 26  
SURFACE WND GST.40 44 45 47 47 47 45 45 45 45 44 40  
 
 
FORECASTER...UNGAR  
REQUESTED BY...JEFFERY ELIZONDO  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2608003.0/OUN  
.DELDT 03/26/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JELIZONDO@C-A-TRIBES.ORG  
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