The Wednesday Red Flag Fire Warning has expired. A new one for Thursday for much of the same area is in effect and I have linked it on its own thread.

Bon, I am shocked that you would curse. Simply shocked. : ) OK, maybe not that shocked. The weather here does that to a person. I am afraid this is the first of many dangerous fire weather days we'll have this fall and winter. Everything is too dry, humidity in general is dropping pretty low in the driest areas in the afternoons, and the wind is getting to be a little bit rowdy. Tomorrow has the potential to be pretty serious, in terms of fire weather, as the windiness is expected to persist. In our county, if the forecast doesn't change, we'll actually have worse winds tomorrow than today. I've been in the kitchen cooking for a couple of hours in case I need to feed firefighters today or tomorrow. I'm headed outside now to carefully position a few flats of cool-season seedlings so the wind won't beat up on them too badly, and then I am going to put the sprinklers and soaker hoses out on the south and west areas around the house and garage. Yesterday I watered the north and east. Oklahoma's normal fire season generally doesn't start until winter after repeated frosts and freezes have driven much of the vegetation into dormancy. All the summer and autumn fires we've had this year are just a 'bonus', and I an saying that sarcastically because it is not a welcome bonus. Dawn

bumping this down

It looks like the Red Flag Fire Warning for northwestern OK has been cancelled as it has disappeared off the NWS website. A Fire Weather Watch now is in effect. I believe that higher than expected humidity levels may have been the reason for this change---there are very specific conditions that must be occurring or expected in order for a Fire Warning is issued and it is likely the humidity is staying above the threshold. We all still need to be careful, though. It is still very windy and wind always makes fire danger higher than it otherwise would be. And, unless something has suddenly changed, the Fire Warning and Fire Weather Watch are still in effect for northeastern OK. Dawn