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SPOT FORECAST FOR RADAR FIRE...TFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1149 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 16.
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.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FROM THE NORTH/NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON,
THEN BECOME LIGHT NEAR OR JUST AFTER SUNSET. BY MID-EVENING,
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT WITH A SOMEWHAT VARIABLE DIRECTION AS
THE PREVAILING DIRECTION SHIFTS FROM GENERALLY NORTHERLY
BECOMING GENERALLY SOUTHERLY. BY MID-MORNING ON TUESDAY,
WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY. FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ELEVATED TO NEAR-CRITICAL BY
LATE TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND
HUMIDITY FALLING. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH IS EXPECTED TO BE
AROUND 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (82300-105600 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........25 24 25 28 17 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............40 43 46 49 50 51
RH..............22 19 18 17 16 16
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 14 13 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.24 24 23 22 20 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 5.2 5.4 5.9 6.1 5.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 22 21 18 16
VRATE KTFT/1000.92 104 104 106 97 82
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7
TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN INCREASING
TO 10 TO 16 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (2500-64100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........18 9 7 3 3 4 4 9 16 10 16 18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 50 46 40 38 36 35 34 33 32 32 31
RH..............16 19 22 29 29 32 33 35 38 41 41 45
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 10 9 9 10 12 12 13 13 14 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 2.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW SW S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 8 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16
VRATE KTFT/1000.64 20 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY IN THE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 18 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 26
TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (7300-106100 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (96300-126600 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........26 16 22 21 19 21 23 25 26 27 28 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............31 30 32 37 44 50 56 62 66 68 70 70
RH..............45 46 45 40 32 27 21 17 16 15 15 15
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 13 15 17 17 18 20 20 20 18
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 18 21 22 24 25 28 30 31 31 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 18 22 26 28 28 28 29 30 30 28
VRATE KTFT/1000.7 8 11 23 43 59 72 84 106 125 127 96
FORECASTER...SPEHEGER
REQUESTED BY...DANA PEIRCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/16/26
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