The NWS has issued a Red Flag Fire Warning for many counties in western Oklahoma. It is in effect from noon through 9 p.m. today. Forecasted conditions that are expected to contribute to the elevated fire risk include: High temperatures from 98-108 Relative humidities as low as 7-15% Wind from 15 to 30 mph gusting to near 40 mph You can see the affected countied highlighted in hot pink on the county map at the bottom of the linked page. In addition, some counties have a wind advisory that is in effect through 11 a.m. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Webpage of Norman Office of NWS

The NWS has issued a Red Flag Fire Warning for extreme western Oklahoma and the OK Panhandle for this afternoon and evening, and for portions of adjacent states as well. For the OK Panhandle counties, it is in effect from 11 a.m. through 10 p.m. For the western OK counties, it is in effect from 3 p.m. through 8 p.m. this evening. The fire conditions causing concern in western Oklahoma include: Temperatures from 101 to 108 degrees Winds in the 20-30 mph range and gusting to 35 mph with isolated gusts into the 40s possible. Humidity in the 14-20% range. Similar but perhaps slightly worse conditions exist in the OK Panhandle. Any fires which start could spread quickly so take all the usual precautions and report all flames and smoke to your local emergency authorities as quickly as you can. You can click on the link below to see the affected area highlighted in pink on the county map at the bottom of the page, and can click on any county to read the forecast for that county. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Webpage of Norman office of the NWS

Altbough the thunderstorms are winding down, a Wind Advisory remains in effect in parts of the state until 5 a.m. Three counties in the area of the diminishing thunderstorm have a High Wind Warning until midnight.

OPh my. I go away for a couple of days, and Raeanne and Suzanne start the French Lick party without me! LOL! For everyone's infomation, all 3 of mine are the truths! (JK!!!LMAO!) I guess Suzanne is # 3 Raeanne is # 2 Well, it is a quiet Saturday night here. Rog went to bed early, and I'm watching Flashdance, and thinking OMG--did I ever really wear torn sweatshirts?? (yep.) I think that's why I love to watch old(er) movies--for just a second, I am back to an age where there wasn't any major problems, and I still believed all people were good, and the whole world was open for the taking. :):) OK--advice needed--mom keeps wanting me to come over and watch some 2+ hours, B&W, 1940 movie with who-knows in it (I've never heard of them). At the risk of sounding like a cold-hearted @#!^%, I have NO (none, el zilcho, nada) desire to do this--heck, I don't even have the time to watch what I actually want to watch, much less this thing. Now, I know how important spending time with her and dad is, and I enjoy just sitting around yapping, but our choices of movies are a complete 180. The last time I got coerced into this, I pr@yed to die of boredom, and then fell asleep. It was a truly aweful movie, and part of me resents being guilted into this. We're fixing Christmas dinner for Christmas Eve to take over, before we go to Midnight services, and mom brought up this d@mned movie again. Gawd, I'll watch it, but I'd rather be sh0t--any suggestions? (I really am not being cold, I would just rather sit around and talk--and she knows this.) Anyhoo--hope this finds everone well! When are we going to reveal the truths? Hugs, Maddie PS--Suzanne, I got your package yesterday, but I couldn't get my x-ray glasses to work! Darn piece of cr@p!! LMAO!!