A windy day, including a gust of 54 mph at Freedom at 3:40 a.m.... Very High to Extreme Wildfire Danger
How windy has it been so far today?
Just in the last hour as of 8:36 a.m., the Oklahoma Mesonet had recorded 11 wind gusts of 40 mph or higher. This included seven locations – Fairview, Hinton, Goodwell, Eufaula, Lahoma, Red Rock, Newkirk. Four of those had two readings.
If you, look at the last six hours, there are several readings of 50 mph or higher:
|
Station
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Wind Gusts
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Date Time
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Date Time
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Alva
|
50 mph
|
Mar 27 2:35 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 02:35 CDT
|
|
Alva
|
50 mph
|
Mar 27 2:50 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 02:50 CDT
|
|
Alva
|
51 mph
|
Mar 27 3:00 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:00 CDT
|
|
Freedom
|
50 mph
|
Mar 27 3:05 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:05 CDT
|
|
Cherokee
|
51 mph
|
Mar 27 3:25 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:25 CDT
|
|
Cherokee
|
51 mph
|
Mar 27 3:30 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:30 CDT
|
|
Cherokee
|
50 mph
|
Mar 27 3:40 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:40 CDT
|
|
Freedom
|
54 mph
|
Mar 27 3:40 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 03:40 CDT
|
|
Freedom
|
50 mph
|
Mar 27 4:00 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 04:00 CDT
|
|
Freedom
|
51 mph
|
Mar 27 4:10 AM CDT
|
Mar 27 04:10 CDT
|
|
Freedom
|
51 mph
|
Mar 27 4:30 AM CDT
|
From the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office:
“A dryline will bring very warm, windy and dry conditions to western Oklahoma as well as western north Texas.
“This will generate very high to extreme fire danger late this morning through the afternoon.
“Southwest winds will shift to northerly behind a cold front late in the day.”
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