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FNUS73 KSGF 201955
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 24...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
155 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 21.
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
FOR SATURDAY, LOOK FOR NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5-10 MPH
GUSTING TO 10-15 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID 40S
WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 30-35%. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR
MUCH OF THE DAY, WITH DECREASING CLOUDS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
SATURDAY
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........73 72 67 61 45 43 40 42 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............32 34 36 38 40 42 42 43 41
RH..............56 49 45 42 39 36 36 33 34
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.9
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 12 13 12 14 17 18 18
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 8
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 17 20 25 26 37 49 55 47
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR
SATURDAY NIGHT
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........23 14 9 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 37 35 33 31 30 29 27 26 25 24 23
RH..............37 40 41 43 45 46 46 50 50 52 54 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2
MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13
TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 16 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 13
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............23 24 26 28 31 33 36 37 38 39 38 37
RH..............54 52 50 46 41 36 32 31 28 27 28 28
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13
20 FT WIND GUST.20 22 23 25 26 26 26 26 26 25 24 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.8 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 2.9
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 20 24 29 30 29 28 28 28 26 23 18
TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 9 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 10 8
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 30 49 72 86 92 93 96 95 86 68 46
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
FORECASTER...TITUS
REQUESTED BY...REGGIE BRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603352.0/SGF
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL REGGIE.BRAY@USDA.GOV
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