770
FNUS73 KSGF 270827
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKY BRANCH...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
227 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.
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
SUNNY SKIES AND DRY AIR ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LIGHT SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BECOME MORE WEST
TO SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO AROUND 20 MPH, THERE COULD BE A FEW GUSTS UP TO 25MPH.
HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 70S WITH AFTERNOON RHS DOWN TO 20-25%,
THOUGH THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR RH VALUES AS LOW AS 15%,
ESPECIALLY ATOP RIDGES AND ANY SOUTHERN ASPECT SLOPES. MIXING HEIGHTS
OF 4-6KFT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY SUNSET AND
SATURDAY WILL OVERALL BE SIMILAR BUT SLIGHTLY WARMING AND WITH HIGHS IN
THE MIDDLE 70S AND RH VALUES IN THE 25 TO 30% RANGE WITH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 59 65 69 72 73 73 73 71
RH..............57 45 34 27 24 22 21 21 24
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 12 12 10 8
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 16 16 17 20 21 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.9 3.3 4.8 5.3 5.7 6.2 4.4 1.8
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.6 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.3 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 17 18 18 20 21 21 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 6
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 24 50 76 84 97 112 79 20
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD GD PR
TONIGHT
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 3 2 3 3 5 9 14 22 26 26 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 63 58 56 55 53 52 50 49 47 46 45
RH..............28 32 40 43 43 46 52 56 58 60 63 68
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 9 8 8 8 12 7 8 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W NW NE E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 9 12 9 9 9 8 8
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W NW NE E E
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 5 5 5 6 5 7 4 4 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 25 29 32 30 27 25 25 25 25 27 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............44 45 49 55 60 66 70 73 74 75 74 72
RH..............70 70 66 55 47 38 34 30 28 27 28 30
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 20 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.5 2.6 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 4.0 2.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 18 16 12
TRANS WIND DIR..E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 5
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 3 5 12 26 44 65 85 85 56 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR PR
FORECASTER...WISE
REQUESTED BY...REGGIE BRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604144.0/SGF
.DELDT 02/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL REGGIE.BRAY@USDA.GOV
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