922  
FNUS73 KLSX 131509  
FWSLSX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LREC NURSERY WOODS BURN...LREC  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO  
1009 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 13.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WELL-ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST WITH LIGHT SOUTHEEASTERLY  
WINDS AND MOISTURE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. AT IGNITION, RH  
WILL BE FALLING BELOW 50 PERCENT AND REACHING A MINIMUM OF AROUND 30 TO  
40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO START AROUND 2000 FT  
AGL, QUICKLY RISING TO BETWEEN 5500 AND 6000 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON,  
ALLOWING FOR VENTILATION RATES TO ALSO IMPROVE, DESPITE THE LIGHT WINDS.  
LASTLY, THERE IS ALSO A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR  
THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING, BUT PREDOMINANTLY DRY  
CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.  
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING  
SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS EAST AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING  
SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, USING A 0.3  
ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE MAX 5700 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2390 M/S-M/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /8060  
M/S-M/.  
 
TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM  
SKY (%).........7 4 9 20 11 4  
WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE  
TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD  
CWR.............0 0 20 20 20 10  
TEMP............72 78 80 79 71 67  
RH..............51 43 39 39 53 63  
20 FT WIND......E 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 S 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 9 9 11 12  
EYE LEVEL WIND..E 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 S 3  
EYE LVL WND GST.3 4 4 4 5 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 4.0 5.7 3.6 0.5 0.6  
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 8 SE 8 S 10 S 10 S 12 S 14  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 28 51 32 5 7  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR FAIR POOR POOR POOR  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58.  
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
EVENING.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 MPH, USING A 0.3 ADJUSTMENT  
FACTOR.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (5040 M/S-M) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR MIN (790 M/S-M) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83.  
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 18 TO 23  
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 43 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 7  
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 13 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON, USING A 0.3 ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 38 TO 44 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1790 M/S-M) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD MAX (14530 M/S-M) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (20940 M/S-M)  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
 
FORECASTER...PFAHLER  
REQUESTED BY...ADAM REMBERT  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2506383.0/LSX  
.DELDT 03/13/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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