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SPOT FORECAST FOR 43 FIRE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
628 AM CST WED FEB 18 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 THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
LIGHT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 40 ARE POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO NEAR OR
BELOW 15% BY MID AFTERNOON WITH POOR RH RECOVERY EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 33 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO
33 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (7700-93100 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (142100-201400 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 19 13 2 4 2 3 5 9 8 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............44 43 50 56 61 66 69 70 71 72 70
RH..............36 38 30 23 19 16 14 14 13 12 14
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 12 13 16 16 17 20 18 17
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 17 20 21 26 26 30 33 31 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.5 3.1 4.7 6.0 6.8 7.2 6.8 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 13 14 15 23 29 31 32 33 30
VRATE KTFT/1000.9 9 8 18 40 93 150 183 201 198 142
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 18 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 25
TO 28 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (11100-30900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........9 10 3 3 7 3 5 6 3 4 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............67 62 58 57 55 54 54 53 52 49 48 47
RH..............15 20 24 25 27 27 25 26 27 29 27 26
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 14 14 14 15 17 17 18 18 18
20 FT WIND GUST.24 24 24 21 21 22 22 24 26 28 28 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 18 21 21 21 23 24 25 28 28 28 28
VRATE KTFT/1000.19 13 13 11 11 13 13 15 21 25 31 29
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 17 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 13 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 26 TO 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 20
TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (37000-134200 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (53900-147400
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 6 6 6 5 3 2 3 4 5 6 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 44 45 47 49 52 54 56 57 57 56 54
RH..............28 26 24 21 19 17 16 16 16 16 17 18
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..18 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 18 17 16 13
20 FT WIND GUST.26 31 31 33 33 33 33 33 31 30 26 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.9 4.8 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W NW NW NW W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 28 30 33 35 33 32 30 28 25 23 20
VRATE KTFT/1000.37 68 89 107 125 134 142 147 146 131 95 54
FORECASTER...MAHALE
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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