Fire Weather Watch until 8:00PM CST Sunday
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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
427 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006
...CRITICAL AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS TODAY.
EXTREME FIRE DANGER LIKELY TO PERSIST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER
TODAY...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE
EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY... WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
VERY WARM AIR IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE
REGION DURING THE DAY... AND VERY LIMITED MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BY AFTERNOON. DRY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST WELL INTO TONIGHT...AND INTO SUNDAY
EVENING IN AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44. A COLD FRONT
WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
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427 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF OKLAHOMA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
AREAS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REACH CRITICAL AND PERHAPS LIFE THREATENING
LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH RECORD LEVELS IN THE 70S AND
80S. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO LESS THAN
10 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR WESTERN
OKLAHOMA...AND TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE REST
OF OKLAHOMA. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY THIS
MORNING...REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SURFACE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL LIKELY HOLD IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT
RANGE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS MAY
KEEP THE FIRE DANGER AT EXTREME LEVELS WELL AFTER DARK.
ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 70S AGAIN ACROSS
NORTHERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH
WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...A
WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED WITH THE COLD
FRONT DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS. FIRE DANGER AGAIN
WILL REACH EXTREME AND POSSIBLY CRITICAL LEVELS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND IN AREAS OF OKLAHOMA NEAR
AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE 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.