Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
Issued by NWS Oklahoma City, OK
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Spot Forecast for Altus Airshiw Rx...BLM
National Weather Service Norman OK
519 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 29.
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 FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM CDT SATURDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Excellent humidity recovery is expected tonight. A dryline is expected to move
into western Oklahoma Saturday afternoon which will lower humidity to around
20 percent during peak heating. It`s possible the dryline will remain farther west
which will keep humidity levels slightly higher in the afternoon. Mixing heights are
expected to remain on the low side through the morning which will result in poor
smoke dispersal.
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 24 mph increasing to around 28
mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to excellent (12700-75600 knot-ft)
increasing to excellent (134000-205800 knot-ft)
late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........47 23 32 31 33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............56 67 77 85 89
RH..............100 73 47 31 22
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW
20 FT wind spd..13 15 14 15 16
20 FT wind gust.21 24 23 24 26
Mix hgt (ft)....700 1800 2600 4700 8400
Transport wind..S 21 S 21 S 16 SW 18 SW 24
VRate ktft/1000.13 33 36 76 175
.SATURDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy
overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 15 mph shifting to the
west around 9 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 23 mph shifting to the west 12
to 13 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (4300-39400 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66 85 79 76 73 64 50 36 33 31 28 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............90 86 82 76 73 70 68 66 63 60 57 55
RH..............19 21 25 28 30 34 32 30 31 35 38 42
20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..15 14 12 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.24 23 20 17 17 16 14 14 14 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.23 17 20 20 18 17 17 17 15 13 12 13
VRate ktft/1000.39 10 11 11 9 8 7 7 6 4 4 7
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 14 mph shifting to the
north 12 to 15 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 14 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (10800-58400 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32 34 34 34 34 33 31 30 33 37 40 40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53 50 53 55 58 61 64 67 68 70 71 71
RH..............49 55 54 54 51 48 43 39 37 34 32 33
20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 14 15 15 14 13 13 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.16 17 20 23 24 24 23 21 21 20 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.4 4.0 4.6 4.9 4.7
Transp wind dir.NW N N N N N N N N NW NW N
Transp wind spd.14 16 18 20 20 18 16 14 14 14 14 14
VRate ktft/1000.11 17 23 29 35 39 41 41 48 55 58 56
$$
Forecaster...THOREN
Requested by...Niles Ludlow
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508364.0/OUN
.DELDT 03/29/25
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.EMAIL nludlow@blm.gov