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FNUS73 KSGF 211615
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHUTE RIDGE B...US FOREST SERVICE - USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1015 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON JANUARY 22.
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
FOR THURSDAY, THE AIR WILL BE DRIER WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES
BETWEEN 30-35%, WITH POTENTIAL FOR VALUES OF 25-30%. OTHERWISE,
WINDS WILL BE 5-10 MPH OUT OF THE EAST UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
THURSDAY
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........25 30 31 32 36 41 45 51 57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............30 33 37 41 45 46 47 45 43
RH..............60 53 46 41 35 35 34 36 39
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.5 0.9
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 9 8 9 9 10 10
TRANS WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 11 12 11 12 16 16 14 8
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY NIGHT
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........63 65 68 70 72 74 76 77 77 78 78 79
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............40 38 36 34 33 33 32 31 29 27 25 23
RH..............44 48 50 54 56 53 56 58 60 63 62 65
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 12 13 14
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 13 13 13 14 15 17 20 22 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 16 21 26
TRANS WIND DIR..E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 9 12
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 2 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 19 35
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........79 83 88 92 92 92 92 91 90 89 91 92
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20
TEMP............21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 24 22 20
RH..............65 62 57 52 50 43 41 38 36 36 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 25 25 25 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.30 31 30 29 28 26 25 24 23 23 23 23
TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANS SPD (M/S).13 14 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 10
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..51 58 60 59 59 57 55 52 49 48 50 52
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR
FORECASTER...TITUS
REQUESTED BY...NIKO PLASKETT
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