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Spot Forecast for Apple Tree Site Prep...Forest Service
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
905 AM CST Wed Dec 4 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on December 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact NWS Tulsa at (918)838-7838, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Sky conditions will be partly to mostly sunny today, tonight, and
tomorrow. Initially light and variable winds this morning will
become southeast at 5-10 mph with a few higher gusts through the
early afternoon, it will then become northerly by late afternoon
and into the overnight hours after a cold front moves though. No
rain will occur with this front. RH will drop from 60-70% this
morning to 45-55% this afternoon, before climbing back to 80%
this evening. However, drier air behind the cold front will drop
RH values to 20-30% tomorrow by the late morning.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Dewpoint............9.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (27540 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (34754 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....4.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).36.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   3   4   2   3   3   7   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............31  33  34  36  38  39  38  37  36
Dewpoint........10  10  9   9   9   10  10  10  10
RH..............41  38  35  32  29  30  31  32  33
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  13  13  12  12  12  11  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.18  17  16  17  15  13  12  10  9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..28  28  28  35  35  35  35  35  35
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
1700FT Mix T(F).33  33  35  36  37  37  38  39  39

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Dewpoint............11.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph shifting to the east 3 to
                    5 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (655 knot-ft).
Stability class.....6.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).37.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14  15  15  16  15  13  12  12  12  12  14  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  34  32  31  30  30  30  29  29  28  27  26
Dewpoint........10  10  11  11  11  12  12  12  12  12  12  13
RH..............35  36  41  43  44  46  46  48  48  50  53  57
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.10  8   7   6   6   6   5   5   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  9   8   7   6   5   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   4   4   4   4   4   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
1700FT Mix T(F).39  39  38  37  37  36  36  36  35  35  35  36

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Dewpoint............15 increasing to 18 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 6 mph shifting to the south 5 to
                    6 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7213 knot-ft).
Stability class.....4.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).39.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  16  12  9   10  10  11  10  10  9   11  12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............26  26  27  29  31  34  37  39  41  41  40  39
Dewpoint........13  13  13  13  14  14  15  16  17  18  19  19
RH..............57  57  55  51  49  43  40  39  37  39  42  44
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.6
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7   7   7   7   7   7   9   9   9   9   9   9
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
1700FT Mix T(F).36  35  35  35  37  39  41  42  43  44  44  44

$$
Forecaster...D.HODGES
Requested by...DZFMO
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2427784.0/TSA
.DELDT 12/04/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.h.thomas@usda.gov