837
FNUS73 KSGF 011300
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG HOLLOW...US FOREST SERVICE - USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 AM CDT WED APR 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 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
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH AND PERHAPS MOVE
OVER THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC
THIS MORNING WITH CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION FROM EAST TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN PERHAPS
BACK TO THE SOUTH. WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL ALSO INCREASE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS ON THURSDAY WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO
AROUND 30-35MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS EARLY IN
THE MORNING. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
DAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT FORECAST START...MAX 75.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE 3200
FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...600 METERS AGL AT FORECAST START...OTHERWISE
183-975 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4000 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MAX...GOOD /44500 KNOT-FT/.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.33 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 86 89 91 92 91 88 85 87 85
WEATHER COV.....NUM DEF DEF SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 90 80 50 50 50 60 60 50 50
TEMP............65 66 67 68 69 70 72 72 72 74
RH..............78 78 78 78 78 76 71 71 71 64
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 9 8 8 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10 14 18 17 15 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.7 1.9
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 12 14 14 15 16 16 16 14
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SW S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 7 17 22 29 37 40 45 38 23
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 65.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH
LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...183-427 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 25 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 5 TO 11 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 6 TO
10 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 METERS/SECOND AFTER 3
AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (26600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.07 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........90 84 77 62 70 78 77 77 80 78 77 83
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 30 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 30
TEMP............72 72 71 69 68 68 68 68 67 67 67 66
RH..............68 66 66 68 70 70 70 70 73 73 73 75
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 9 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 18 20 18 21 22 22 24 25 26 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 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.13 12 13 15 15 17 18 21 22 23 25 25
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 10 8 8 10 13 14 19 20 22 24 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY IN
THE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE DAY. SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...366-1585 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 26 TO 33 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 39 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 13 TO 17 METERS/SECOND.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (28400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (109100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (113700
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.10 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........85 94 92 92 92 88 84 80 71 61 52 43
WEATHER COV.....SCT LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ISO CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 70 70 70 70 70 70 80 80 80 80 80
TEMP............66 66 66 67 69 70 71 72 74 76 77 77
RH..............78 78 78 78 76 73 71 68 62 58 54 54
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 16 17 17 18 20 20 18 17 16 15
20 FT WIND GUST.29 30 32 33 33 35 35 35 33 32 31 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.2 1.6 2.4 3.3 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.1 4.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 29 29 33 38 39 39 38 38 38 37 32
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).12 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 30 40 70 109 131 143 146 162 172 162 114
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL VGD
FORECASTER...BURCHFIELD
REQUESTED BY...H. WISSMILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608787.0/SGF
.DELDT 04/01/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MOMOC.DISPATCH@USDA.GOV
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