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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
441 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009

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441 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...
ENHANCED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

A DRY LINE WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...
WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES QUICKLY FROM THE NORTHWEST. BEHIND THE
DRY LINE...  AND AHEAD OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT... TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OCCASIONALLY FALLING INTO THE TEENS. AT 440
PM... THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHEROKEE... TO MANGUM... TO
NEAR QUANAH TEXAS. THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW
HUMIDITIES TO RISE WHILE THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH.

DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AREAS OF FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE-35. ANY
DENSE FOG WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... WHERE THERE
WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED
WEAK THUNDERSTORM. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
OKLAHOMA CITY AND WICHITA FALLS METRO AREAS DURING THE EVENING
BEFORE REACHING SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT.

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CJS