405
FNUS73 KSGF 260920
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR PRIVATE...USDA - FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
420 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 CDT ON MARCH 25.
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
WINDS WILL PERSIST OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TODAY UNTIL A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 4AM AND 6AM FRIDAY
MORNING, BRINGING WITH IT CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN.
ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BUILD THIS AFTERNOON UNDER
SUNNY SKIES. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH TODAY AS
THEY WERE YESTERDAY, BUT STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS AIDED BY A LOW-
LEVEL JET WILL RESULT IN GOOD VENT RATES IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-1280 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 29
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 METERS/SECOND INCREASING TO
11 TO 13 METERS/SECOND IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 3 9 10 3 2 2 2 6 7 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 61 63 66 73 77 80 84 86 87 88 87
RH..............81 81 78 75 59 54 49 43 39 36 34 34
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 9 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 20 23 24 25 25 26 28 29 29 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 20 22 21 22 25 26 28 29 29
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 13 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 5 6 22 38 43 53 80 88 100 104 102
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AFTER 3 AM. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM, THEN CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6 MPH
AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-823 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 16
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 7 TO 11 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 5
TO 7 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6
METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (59500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........8 14 8 9 21 18 25 12 24 32 46 56
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 40
TEMP............86 83 79 76 74 72 70 69 67 66 65 60
RH..............36 40 45 48 53 59 63 66 68 70 73 87
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 10 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.28 25 24 22 20 20 17 17 16 16 16 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 21 20 17 16 15 16 14 13 12 12 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).11 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..60 18 18 13 11 10 10 7 5 5 5 8
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...396-945 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 28 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 9 TO 13 METERS/SECOND.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........74 84 93 91 88 86 85 83 80 77 74 69
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 70 70 70 70 70 70 30 30 30 30 30
TEMP............58 56 54 52 52 51 50 51 51 52 54 54
RH..............90 90 90 89 86 83 80 71 63 54 45 41
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.22 24 28 30 30 30 30 29 28 28 26 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 22 24 25 25 26 28 28 26 25 23 21
TRANS WIND DIR..N N NE NE N N N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 12 11 10 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 33 41 43 42 49 59 66 68 67 59 47
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD FR FR
FORECASTER...DIDIO
REQUESTED BY...JOHN SCOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2607954.0/SGF
.DELDT 03/25/26
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