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SPOT FORECAST FOR WICHITA 2484...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
120 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MARCH 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.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
VERY STRONG GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. SOME BLOWING
DUST MAY ALSO LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO
GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS, WHICH SHOULD LIMIT
DROP IN RH. STILL CLOSE TO 25% BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD BE
IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY WILL
BE POOR EVEN WITH A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING DUST.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT FORECAST START...MAX 74.
RH..................30 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 39 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE WINDY. NORTH WINDS 32 TO 36
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 59 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 6400
FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 45 TO 47 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (202500-255100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........31 28 22 35
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....BDT BDT BDT BDT
TSTM COV........
TEMP............62 60 60 57
RH..............30 28 23 23
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..36 36 33 32
20 FT WIND GUST.59 59 55 54
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 5.7 5.9 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.45 47 47 46
VRATE KTFT/1000.203 232 243 255
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
PATCHY BLOWING DUST EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.
RH..................MAX 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTH WINDS 21 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 51 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 20 MPH LATE
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 38 TO 46 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (182500-262900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO
POOR TO GOOD (7900-30900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........46 35 31 33 37 33 25 17 8 6 5 11
WEATHER COV.....PTY
WEATHER TYPE....BDT
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 52 49 46 44 42 40 38 36 35 33 31
RH..............22 23 25 27 27 28 29 29 30 29 30 32
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N NW
20 FT WIND SPD..30 29 26 24 21 20 17 16 15 14 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.51 47 44 40 35 31 29 26 24 23 22 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.6 6.1 5.4 3.9 2.8 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.46 45 39 40 38 35 29 24 20 18 15 13
VRATE KTFT/1000.263 238 183 136 91 52 31 23 18 14 10 8
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53.
RH..................MIN 14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (11300-101400 KNOT-FT)
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (66400-114800 KNOT-FT)
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 14 30 31 32 35 38 41 39 38 36 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............30 29 28 31 36 40 43 46 49 51 52 53
RH..............34 35 37 31 24 21 18 17 15 15 14 15
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 13 14 15 14 14 14 13 12 9
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 20 22 23 24 24 23 22 21 20 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.9 1.1 2.3 3.9 4.7 5.1 5.3 6.0 6.4 6.2 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 13 15 20 22 22 22 22 21 18 15
VRATE KTFT/1000.13 11 12 30 67 89 97 101 113 115 100 66
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
TUESDAY
WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
THURSDAY
WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
FORECASTER...CURL
REQUESTED BY...DANA PEIRCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/15/26
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