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Spot Forecast for Spot Forecast for Cherokee Agency Initial...DOI
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
436 PM CDT Wed Sep 9 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on September 10.
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.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Significantly cooler temperatures will occur during the daytime
Thursday behind a passing cold front on Thursday morning. Light
and variable surface winds before sunrise Thursday morning will
switch out of the north behind the front, remaining light through
the daytime. The frontal boundary will bring a medium to high
chance of wetting rains, with scattered to numerous showers and
thunderstorms near the front. Storms will be capable of producing
very heavy rainfall and gusty winds. Precipitation chances will
decrease through the morning and into the afternoon Thursday,
becoming mostly dry by mid afternoon. Skies stay mostly cloudy
Thursday night, with overnight lows dropping into the middle 60s.
The cold front will lift back northward Thursday night into
Friday, maintaining some cloud cover and low precipitation chances
through the daytime Friday. Southerly winds will return Friday
morning and will remain fairly light through the daytime.
Temperatures warm back up to near 90 degrees Friday afternoon.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely
                    in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms through
                    the day. Chance of showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Dewpoint............70.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and early afternoon, then shifting
                    to the northwest 5 to 6 mph late in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph shifting to the north 8
                    to 9 mph early in the morning, then shifting to
                    the northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11803 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (18360 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....4.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).85.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  59  75  63  70  79  69  88  76  72  76
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............74  75  77  80  82  84  85  85  87  85  84
Dewpoint........70  70  70  70  70  71  71  71  71  71  71
RH..............86  84  80  73  68  64  63  62  59  64  64
20 FT wind dir..W   N   N   NE  NE  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   5   4   4
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   N   N   NE  NE  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   5   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   NW  NW  W   W   NW  W
Transp wind spd.7   9   9   9   8   6   5   6   9   8   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14  14  14  14  14  14  18  18  18  18  18
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
1700FT Mix T(F).87  86  84  83  84  85  86  85  85  84  84

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers
                    through the night. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............70.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southeast 5 to
                    8 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18360 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3278 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Stability class.....4.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).81.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........75  66  70  80  77  80  65  76  82  84  74  75
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH SCH                         SCH SCH
Temp............84  81  79  76  75  73  72  72  72  71  70  69
Dewpoint........70  70  70  71  71  71  72  72  71  71  69  69
RH..............64  69  75  84  88  93  99  99  99  100 98  100
20 FT wind dir..SE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   2   1
20 FT wind gust.6   6   5   4   4   4   2   2   2   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   2   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   5   4   4   4   2   2   2   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  E   E   E   SE  E   SE  SE  SE  S
Transp wind spd.6   7   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   7   6   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..18  6   6   6   6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
1700FT Mix T(F).84  84  84  84  83  83  82  82  81  80  79  79

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the morning. Chance of
                    showers in the morning, then slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Dewpoint............69.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3278 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (47213 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....4.
1700FT Avg MIX T(F).82.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74  70  73  63  52  49  46  44  42  40  37  28
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH                         SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............69  68  70  74  78  81  84  87  88  89  89  89
Dewpoint........69  68  69  70  71  71  71  71  71  70  69  69
RH..............100 100 98  88  79  71  65  60  56  54  52  52
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   4
20 FT wind gust.4   4   5   6   6   7   7   8   10  10  10  8
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   5   6   6   7   7   8   10  10  10  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.8
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   6   8   9   9   9   8   8   9   9   10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   27  27  27  27  27  27  47  47  47  47  47
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR
1700FT Mix T(F).79  79  78  78  78  79  80  81  83  84  86  86

$$
Forecaster...B.MEJIA
Requested by...Travis Clapp
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621537.0/TSA
.DELDT 09/09/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL travis_clapp@ios.doi.gov