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SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODLAND GLADE...MDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO
458 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY WITH SOME CLOUDS AND LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. AT IGNITION
TIME, RH WILL BE AROUND 55 PERCENT ALONG WITH MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND
500 FT AGL AND LIGHT WINDS LEADING TO POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL. AFTER
10 AM, RH WILL QUICKLY LOWER TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45 PERCENT THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO BE RISING THROUGH AROUND
10 AM AS A TEMPERATURE INVERSION BREAKS, REACHING BETWEEN 3500 AND
5500 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT, SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL
QUICKLY IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON, DESPITE THE
LIGHT WIND. A TEMPERATURE INVERSION WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNSET, OR
6 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING, ABRUPTLY DEGRADING SMOKE DISPERSAL.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTH AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION, BECOMING 2 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE THIS MORNING. AN
ADJUSTMENT FACTOR OF 0.3 IS USED.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION, BECOMING 5 TO
8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 18 MPH LATE THIS
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE MAX 4500 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /660 M/S-M/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /11410
M/S-M/.
TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM
SKY (%).........38 27 28 37 40 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 60 69 75 78 76
RH..............54 44 40 37 38 42
20 FT WIND......S 3 SW 5 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 13 16 18 18 16
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 1 SW 2 SW 3 SW 4 SW 4 S 3
EYE LVL WND GST.4 6 7 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.3 2.3 3.9 4.5 2.4
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 SW 15 SW 15 SW 17 SW 18 S 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 17 30 58 73 36
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD POOR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 7 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING. AN ADJUSTMENT FACTOR OF
0.3 IS USED.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (5620 M/S-M) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR MIN (1290 M/S-M) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
8 MPH. AN ADJUSTMENT FACTOR OF 0.3 IS USED.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 30
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...PFAHLER
REQUESTED BY...JASON CRITES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607589.0/LSX
.DELDT 03/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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