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FNUS74 KOUN 180209
FWSOUN
SPOT FORECAST FOR 43 FIRE...OFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
809 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.
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 FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST WEDNESDAY
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE BUT COULD STILL SEE GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH) REMAINING IN THE TEENS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH FURTHER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH RH RISING ONLY TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. BY MID-DAY
WEDNESDAY, NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS UP TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND RH VALUES DECREASING INTO THE
LOW TEENS.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 32 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 33 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 28 TO
31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (9600-102600 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120900-189600 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 19 14 3 6 3 3 5 3 6 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............44 43 50 56 61 65 69 70 71 72 70
RH..............37 41 32 27 22 18 14 13 12 12 13
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 12 14 16 17 18 20 18 17
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 17 20 23 26 29 32 33 31 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.3 3.6 4.9 6.1 7.0 6.2 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 16 15 15 18 24 28 31 30 29
VRATE KTFT/1000.10 10 11 20 30 58 103 147 190 160 121
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 17 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 26
TO 29 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (11600-61700 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 4 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............66 62 59 56 55 54 54 53 51 49 47 45
RH..............16 19 22 25 26 26 25 26 27 29 30 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 14 14 14 14 15 16 17 17 17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.25 22 22 21 21 21 23 24 24 25 25 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 20 18 18 20 23 25 28 29 29 28 26
VRATE KTFT/1000.17 21 17 13 12 14 18 27 40 51 57 62
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 14 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 22 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 20
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (65100-149100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 5 6 8 6 4 2 2 3 3 4 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 44 45 47 49 52 55 56 58 58 57 55
RH..............33 30 29 26 24 21 19 18 16 16 16 18
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..17 17 18 18 20 20 21 20 18 17 16 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25 28 29 29 30 31 35 33 32 30 26 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.3 5.0 5.6 6.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 26 29 30 30 29 28 26 25 24 22 20
VRATE KTFT/1000.65 72 84 96 112 125 135 145 149 141 110 76
FORECASTER...THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER CARREL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2603015.0/OUN
.DELDT 02/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JENNIFER.CARREL@AG.OK.GOV
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