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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUEENY WEST HILL...ST. LOUIS COUNTY PARKS FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO
646 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AT IGNITION TIME, RH WILL BE AROUND 45 PERCENT WITH IMPROVING SMOKE
DISPERSION AS MIXING HEIGHTS RISE AND WESTERLY WINDS STRENGTHEN
SLIGHTLY. RH WILL CONTINUE FALLING TO AS LOW AS AROUND 35 TO 40 PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING, BUT ITS ONLY IMPACT WILL BE WINDS VEERING TO NORTHWESTERLY,
EVENTUALLY BECOMING NORTHERLY OR VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 88.
RH..................74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 2 TO 3
MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE MAX 4600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /570 M/S-M/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /9400
M/S-M/.
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........3 0 1 2 2 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 65 76 84 88 87
RH..............74 60 48 40 36 39
20 FT WIND......SW 4 SW 5 W 6 W 7 W 8 W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 13 14 14 11
EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 2 SW 2 W 3 W 3 W 4 W 3
EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 6 6 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.6 3.2 4.4 3.8
TRANSPORT WIND..W 10 W 10 W 14 W 15 W 15 W 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 6 19 42 58 42
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR FAIR FAIR
FORECASTER...PFAHLER
REQUESTED BY...JASON PRATTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623303.0/LSX
.DELDT 10/07/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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