925  
FNUS73 KLSX 251225  
FWSLSX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO  
725 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MARCH 25.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL PASS OVER THE SITE THROUGH THE DAY  
WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY  
WINDS WILL BE USHERING IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE, KEEPING RH FROM  
DROPPING AS LOW AS IT DID YESTERDAY. HOWEVER, THE WARM  
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL ALLOW FOR RH TO DIP TO AROUND 40% EARLY  
THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY INCREASING. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE  
THAT CLOUD COVER MAY BE MORE DENSE THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. IF  
THIS OCCURS, THE MIXING HEIGHT WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 4KFT. AGAIN,  
THERE IS ONLY A LOW CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.  
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH  
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. ADJUSTMENT FACTOR OF  
0.4 USED.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 1 MPH AT  
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH  
6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 19 MPH EARLY  
IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE MAX 4100 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 24 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /770 M/S-M/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /13610  
M/S-M/.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY (%).........31 26 31 40 44 41  
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............43 53 63 72 77 79  
RH..............65 50 46 43 42 44  
20 FT WIND......SE 1 S 7 S 9 S 10 S 11 S 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 15 17 18 19 16  
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 0 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 5 S 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.2 7 8 8 9 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.6 2.7 3.4 4.1  
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 14 S 16 SW 18 S 21 S 24  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 7 23 43 62 87  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD  
 
 
FORECASTER...ELMORE  
REQUESTED BY...AARON ECKELKAMP  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2607762.0/LSX  
.DELDT 03/25/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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