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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMITH MILL RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO
523 AM CST WED FEB 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS
REACHING THE LOWER 50S UNDER A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S POSSIBLY REACHING THE
UPPER 20S FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE
CALM AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS FROM THE NORTH BY
TOMORROW MORNING WHEN MORNING LOWS WILL BE AROUND FREEZING.
THURSDAY WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 50S
FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS. WITH MORE CLOUDS AND LESS MIXING ON THURSDAY,
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE MID/UPPER 30S
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY ON THURSDAY,
SLOWLY INCREASING IN SPEED BY THE AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT IGNITION
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE MAX 2600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2010 M/S-M/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /3140
M/S-M/.
TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
SKY (%).........15 7 0 6 1 10 4 10 16 11 25 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 46 48 50 50 51 49 46 44 39 37 36
RH..............47 42 39 34 34 33 36 42 45 54 59 61
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N NE NE N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N NE NE N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
EYE LVL WND GST.5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 15 17 20 18 15 9 0 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO
8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (20 M/S-M).
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50.
RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (270 M/S-M).
FORECASTER...PEINE/ELMORE
REQUESTED BY...JACOB BIRDSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602390.0/LSX
.DELDT 02/11/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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