073
FNUS73 KSGF 272035
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAH KON-TAH PRAIRIE MK- 2SW 2SE MK-3W 3E...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
335 PM CDT TUE OCT 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 1-800-762-4363, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
HIGH TEMPERATURES APPROACH 80 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED MID TO HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING, CLEARING INTO
THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND
40 TO 45 PERCENT. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH SUSTAINED, WITH
GUSTS APPROACHING 20 TO 25 MPH. MAXIMUM MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 5000
FEET OR HIGHER.
WEDNESDAY
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 29 24 16 18 7 4 2 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 67 71 75 78 79 80 81 79
RH..............75 63 57 52 48 45 44 42 44
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 12
20 FT WIND GUST.18 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.0 1.6 2.5 3.6 4.7 5.1 5.1 3.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 17 17 18 20 20 20 21 17
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 14 25 40 61 80 86 93 50
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 6 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 74 69 68 67 66 65 65 64 63 62 62
RH..............45 51 59 59 61 63 63 63 65 67 72 75
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 20 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 14 15 15 14 15 13 14 14 12
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 29 30 29 18 13 14 18 21 24 27 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............61 61 60 64 69 73 76 79 81 82 82 80
RH..............78 81 87 78 78 73 66 62 58 56 56 60
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 12 12 13 13 13 12 10 9 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.6 3.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 10 12 14 14 12 10 9 9 8 7
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 4 8 16 25 29 33 35 38 32 20
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...PEREZ
REQUESTED BY...NOELLE SCHUMANN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624700.0/SGF
.DELDT 10/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NOELLE.SCHUMANN@TNC.ORG,RGAUGER@TNC.ORG
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