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FNUS74 KOUN 150431
FWSOUN
SPOT FORECAST FOR WICHITA HILLS FIRE...USWFS/BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1131 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CDT ON AUGUST 15.
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.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY
DISCUSSION
HEAT WILL BE A PRIMARY ISSUE AGAIN FOR FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS AS
THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH TRIPLE DIGITS AROUND NOON AND REACH
A MAXIMUM VALUE OF AROUND 105 THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 10-15 MPH AND GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFTS ARE EXPECTED - WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AFTER SUNRISE AND GRADUALLY SHIFT
BACK TO SOUTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 102.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (18500-107100 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120000-140400 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 1 3 1 5 7 2 8 24 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............80 83 89 93 97 99 101 101 101 102
RH..............69 65 54 46 40 37 32 31 30 28
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.8 2.6 4.6 5.7 7.1 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 22 22 20 17 17 17 17 17 18
VRATE KTFT/1000.19 34 49 78 85 107 120 126 132 140
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (140100-146800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO
POOR TO FAIR (6300-21900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............101 99 97 92 89 88 87 86 85 83 82 81
RH..............29 30 32 37 42 42 45 45 48 51 53 54
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 9 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.23 21 16 13 10 10 10 13 13 13 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.6 8.2 1.6 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 S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 18 15
VRATE KTFT/1000.147 140 22 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 103.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11300 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (5500-96000 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (109400-124600 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 5 2 7 12 12 11 11 12 14 15 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............80 79 82 87 91 95 98 101 102 102 103 102
RH..............56 58 56 50 44 39 34 30 28 27 26 25
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13 10 13 16 17 17 17 16 16 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.1 2.2 3.8 5.5 7.2 8.7 9.9 11 11 11
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 16 20 18 15 13 13 13 13 13
VRATE KTFT/1000.6 6 13 31 64 87 94 96 109 119 122 125
FORECASTER...SPEHEGER
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MORRISON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619735.0/OUN
.DELDT 08/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SHANE.GLORY@BIA.GOV,RYAN.MORRISON@BIA.GOV
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