Expires:200902041730;Remove:200902041730;713717 FPUS74 KOUN 041505 NOWOUN SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 900 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-041730- ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN- CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD- GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC- POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA- WILBARGER 900 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 .NOW... ...REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION... COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI THIS MORNING...WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST TODAY. AS A RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. TEMPERATURES AT MID MORNING WHERE GENERALLY IN THE 20S WITH WIND CHILL READINGS RANGING FROM THE LOWER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. BY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 30S ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE MID AND UPPER 40S ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 60S ACROSS FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR AND INCREASING WINDS WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$