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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1102 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009
..RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERNNORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...
ROGER MILLS-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-1102 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAGWARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THISAFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE 70 DEGREES...WHILE HUMIDITY FALLS TO BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT. SOUTHWESTWINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESECONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION...CAN CAUSE SMALLFIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT WILLACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT LATE IN THE DAY...HAMPERING ANY ONGOINGFIRE FIGHTING.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OFSTRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILLCREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
Steve
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Fire Weather Watch
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Fire Weather Forecast page.
BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX-
348 PM CST THU JAN 1 2009
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHERWATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES... ALONGWITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS OF PERCENT... ANDSOUTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PARTSOF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THESE CONDITIONS...WHEN COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION... CAN CAUSE SMALL FIRES TOSPREAD RAPIDLY.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLERED FLAG WARNINGS.
Steve Grayson
Fire Weather Forecast page.
BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX-
348 PM CST THU JAN 1 2009
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHERWATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES... ALONGWITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS OF PERCENT... ANDSOUTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PARTSOF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THESE CONDITIONS...WHEN COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION... CAN CAUSE SMALL FIRES TOSPREAD RAPIDLY.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLERED FLAG WARNINGS.
Steve Grayson
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.
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.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Board Meeting
This post is a reminder of the upcoming board meeting scheduled
for January 22, 2009.
All board members are encouraged to attend.
Steve
for January 22, 2009.
All board members are encouraged to attend.
Steve
Wall Cloud near Mangum
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This is a link to a youtube video. The video was taken near Mangum
on May 26, 2008. The video is a timelapse video.
Please help us, help the citizens by informing them of their 72 hour kits.
During the last event, people were actually calling wanting to know where
they could pick theirs up.
Be informed. Be Prepared.
Steve
This is a link to a youtube video. The video was taken near Mangum
on May 26, 2008. The video is a timelapse video.
Please help us, help the citizens by informing them of their 72 hour kits.
During the last event, people were actually calling wanting to know where
they could pick theirs up.
Be informed. Be Prepared.
Steve
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