Monday, December 29, 2008

Wildfire Potential thru the weekend

From the National Weather Sevice Forecast Office, Norman, OK.

CONCERN FOR WILDFIRES WILL PERSIST INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND. THE GREATEST WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WILL BE ON TUESDAY... THURSDAY.. AND SATURDAY AS WARM AND DRY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BECOME GUSTY IN ADVANCEOF SEVERAL COLD FRONTS.

WEAK FRONT ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA IS ALREADY WASHING OUT ASSOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW IS REDEVELOPING OVER THIS AREA. MORE SIGNIFICANT FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY MORNING AND MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM IN MOST AREAS TUESDAY AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE QUITE LOW. WIND SPEEDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR RED FLAG WARNING... BUT THE WARM AND DRY WEATHERWILL ELEVATE THE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. THE COLDER AIR BEHIND THEFRONT FILTERS IN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOMEWHAT FOR THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGHON THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE IS LACKING ON BOTH SYSTEMSAND FORECAST REMAINS DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT FRONT MOVESTHROUGH SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT GOES THROUGHDRY... THE FRONT HANGS UP JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST WHILE A UPPERTROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND MOVES TOWARD THEPLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO HAVE INCLUDED SOME POPS FOR THE NEW DAY7 PERIOD /SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY/. ALTHOUGH THE AIRMASS IS NOTEXTREMELY COLD... SHOULD BE COOL ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE MENTION OFSNOW OR MIX IN THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT.

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