373  
FNUS73 KSGF 161139  
FWSSGF  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WKT-MK1NE/NW...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
639 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON OCTOBER 16.  
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
 
 
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS  
HIGHS WARM INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO  
SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 20 MPH WILL OCCUR  
FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOSTLY  
SUNNY SKIES WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON  
WITH HIGH LEVEL CLOUD INCREASING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  
   
TODAY
 
 
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 1 2 4 7 19 32 42  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............71 75 78 81 83 84 84 82  
RH..............66 56 50 42 38 36 34 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 12 12 12 13 13 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 20 18 18 20 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 2.0 3.0 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.1 3.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 18 18 18 18 20 18  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 31 48 59 65 70 70 55  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........52 61 67 61 53 64 63 69 76 81 81 76  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............80 76 70 69 70 69 67 68 67 66 65 64  
RH..............41 45 59 61 59 61 65 63 65 68 70 75  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 14 14 15 15 15 17 16 16 16 16  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........66 56 48 47 45 42 39 36 31 26 21 18  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............64 64 63 67 72 77 80 82 83 84 84 82  
RH..............75 75 78 70 64 56 51 47 46 44 44 47  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 18 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.7 3.2 4.9 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17 20 21 22 23 23 22 21 18  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 6 6 13 28 57 93 126 140 133 114 80  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD  
 

 
FORECASTER...WISE  
REQUESTED BY...RYAN GAUGER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2523721.0/SGF  
.DELDT 10/16/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL RGAUGER@TNC.ORG  
 
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