859  
FNUS74 KOUN 111302  
FWSOUN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNDANCE FIRE...OK-COA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
802 AM CDT SUN OCT 11 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CDT ON OCTOBER 11.  
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.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
HOT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SUN CONTINUES TO RISE, DAYTIME  
MIXING WILL LEAD TO WIND GUSTS INCREASING TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.  
MINIMUM RH WILL DECREASE TO NEAR 30%.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY LATE IN  
THE MORNING THEN BECOMING SUNNY THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN  
BECOMING SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.  
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 26  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (7400-99600 KNOT-FT)  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (114200-122200 KNOT-FT)  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........63 43 44 47 27 11 31 26 5 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............63 66 72 76 80 84 86 88 89 90  
RH..............60 61 53 48 44 38 36 33 31 30  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 15 17 17 17 18 18 20 18  
20 FT WIND GUST.21 23 24 28 28 30 31 31 33 31  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.7 2.3 2.8 3.6 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 24 26 24 25 25 25 25 25  
VRATE KTFT/1000.7 14 36 53 59 79 100 114 120 122  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (8600-105300 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 7 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............88 85 82 78 77 76 75 73 72 71 70 69  
RH..............31 35 40 47 48 52 54 57 59 61 63 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..17 15 15 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 15 15  
20 FT WIND GUST.28 24 24 28 30 30 28 26 24 24 24 24  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 18 18 21 23 24 24 23 23 22 20 20  
VRATE KTFT/1000.105 20 9 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 9 9  
   
COLUMBUS DAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE  
MORNING THEN BECOMING SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.  
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (8700-89900 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........10 23 36 39 9 15 11 7 2 4 1 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............68 67 67 69 74 78 82 85 88 89 90 91  
RH..............70 73 73 73 62 56 49 46 42 39 38 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 14 13 14 16 16 16 16 17 17 17  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 21 23 21 23 26 26 26 26 28 28 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.7 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.3 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SW SW SW S S S SW S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 17 22 24 23 22 21 21 21 22 22  
VRATE KTFT/1000.9 9 13 33 49 55 58 60 73 76 84 90  
 
 
FORECASTER...THOMPSON  
REQUESTED BY...SAMUEL YOUNGBULL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
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.DELDT 10/11/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SAYOUNGBULL@CHEYENNEANDARAPAHO-NSN.GOV  
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