Record highs and dry air, perfect combination for fire weather concerns.
Yesterday Almanac:
- We reached a record high yesterday, beating out the old record of 91 degrees set back in 1963.
Drought Tracker:
- Severe drought conditions have increased to an extreme drought in Nowata and Washington Counties in Oklahoma.
- Severe drought conditions in central and southern counties.
Humidity Levels:
- A wind shift line moves in late Saturday into early Sunday.
- Humidity drops following the wind shift as well.
- With fuels already very dry, and humidity very low, fire weather will be a concern as we move through the week.
Wind Gust Tracker:
- Behind the wind shift line, there will be winds gusting 10-15, maybe even pushing 20 mph.
- Mostly weak wind gusts, but still a windy Sunday.
- Temperatures drop as well.
7 Day Forecast:
- Temperatures drop following the wind shift line through Tuesday.
- We start to warm back up during the middle of the week and through the weekend.
- After isolated storm chases through the weekend, a possible cold front moves in early the following week (Monday) dropping temperatures back down to average.