Expires:200911252200;Remove:200911252200;242376 FPUS74 KOUN 252036 NOWOUN SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 236 PM CST WED NOV 25 2009 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-252200- 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- 236 PM CST WED NOV 25 2009 .REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION... AT 230 PM...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ALTUS... TO JUST SOUTH OF NORMAN...TO NEAR SEMINOLE AND HOLDENVILLE. THOUGH NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THE EFFECTIVE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS FAR SOUTH AS A LINE FROM SEYMOUR TEXAS...TO MADILL AND ATOKA OKLAHOMA BY 4 PM. THE MAJOR IMPACT FROM THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE FROM WIND SPEEDS. WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT... WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO AROUND 25 MPH. THE WIND WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...RELATIVELY DRY AIR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S WILL RESULT IN A BRIEF WINDOW OF MARGINALLY HIGH FIRE SPREADING POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY BY SUNSET. $$ TAYLOR