148
FNUS73 KSGF 261550
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRINGFIELD CONSERVATION NATURE CENTER...MO DEPT OF CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
950 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 26.
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
CLEAR SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING MIXING POTENTIAL
WITH MIXING HEIGHTS OF 4-5KFT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR VENT RATES TO LIKELY
EXCEED 40-50,000 KT-FT AND POTENTIALLY REACH 60-70,000 KT-FT BY LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RH
VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW 40 PERCENT, POTENTIALLY AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS LESS THAN 10KTS. WIND DIRECTION
WILL LIKELY VARY BETWEEN N AND NW (330-350 DEGREES).
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 3 2 3 4 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............65 66 66 66 66 64
RH..............47 44 42 39 36 36
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 14 13 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 3.9 4.5 5.0 3.7 2.3
MIX HGT (KM)....1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.1 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 16 16 16 14
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 7 7 7 7 6
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..32 50 62 71 52 28
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR GD GD FR PR
TONIGHT
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 5 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 55 52 49 47 45 43 43 41 40 40 39
RH..............41 49 55 59 64 67 69 69 75 80 77 79
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE E SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE SE S S S S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 8 7 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 6 6
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE SE S S S S SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
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 (%).........17 16 11 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 37 42 50 57 63 68 71 73 73 71 69
RH..............85 92 82 68 55 44 37 32 29 28 30 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW W W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 7
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 18 17 15 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.4 2.5 3.6 4.5 5.1 5.1 4.0 2.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 16 14 10
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 6 4
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 3 5 13 25 39 59 72 72 48 22
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR PR
FORECASTER...BURCHFIELD
REQUESTED BY...DISTRICT SUPERVISOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603373.0/SGF
.DELDT 02/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL PAUL.JOHNSON@MDC.MO.GOV
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