Monday, January 19, 2009

Red Flag Warning Mon 1/19/09

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
416 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

OKZ004-009-010-014>016-021-022-033>038-044-TXZ083>090-191830-/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0006.090119T1700Z-090120T0000Z/HARPER-ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-

416 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAGWARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AREA EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING. WINDGUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Red Flag Warning for Sunday

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for Fire Weather Information.

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
419 AM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...

HARPER-ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-

419 AM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THISAFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 PERCENT...AND MODERATE NORTHWESTAND WEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RATES OF SPREAD OF ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT SEE SUSTAINED WINDSPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER FOR VERY LONG THIS AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS OF 30 MPH DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOONHOURS.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch

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HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-KNOX-BAYLOR-240 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2009...

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON......

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF ABOUT 20 MPH WILL SUPPORT RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILLCREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Steve KE5BPL

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Red Flag Fire Warning

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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

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

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.

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