921
FNUS73 KSGF 012102
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG HOLLOW...USDA - FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
402 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1613 CDT ON APRIL 01.
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
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND STORMS OVERNIGHT. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH INCREASING WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO
35MPH. RAIN WILL MOVE OUT THURSDAY MORNING WITH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REST
OF THE DAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...640-823 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 6 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (37100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.07 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........81 78
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80
TEMP............64 67
RH..............93 81
20 FT WIND DIR..S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 2.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14
TRANS WIND DIR..S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..37 25
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...183-427 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 23 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 6 TO 10 METERS/SECOND.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (6900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.13 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........87 78 75 70 71 75 73 84 86 80 82 90
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCH CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCT SCT SCT SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 30 20 10 10 10 30 20 30 40 30
TEMP............69 69 69 68 68 68 68 67 67 67 66 66
RH..............76 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 75 78 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 12 14 14 15
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 18 20 21 22 24 25 28 29 30
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 13 14 14 16 17 20 21 23 22 23
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 9 7 7 7 10 13 13 16 18 19 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
36 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-1280 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 24 TO 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 31
TO 36 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 METERS/SECOND INCREASING TO
14 TO 16 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (23100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (122000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102700
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........91 90 93 93 93 92 88 72 61 61 51 27
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
TEMP............65 66 66 67 68 70 71 71 75 75 76 77
RH..............84 78 78 81 78 76 73 73 64 64 60 58
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 17 17 18 18 20 20 18 18 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.30 31 32 33 35 36 36 35 35 33 31 30
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.8
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 28 29 31 36 36 36 36 35 32 31
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).11 11 13 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 14 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 23 33 46 69 100 110 109 122 124 118 103
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...BURCHFIELD
REQUESTED BY...H. WISSMILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608787.1/SGF
.DELDT 04/01/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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