599
FNUS73 KSGF 271921
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR HUNT BRANCH RX...MO DEPT OF CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
121 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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
CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID 70S THIS
AFTERNOON. LATEST MODELS INDICATE THAT THE MOST LIKELY MIXING LAYER
HEIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN 5-6.5KFT, BUT COULD GET AS HIGH AS 7-8KFT AT
THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD ACT TO BOOST WINDS BY ~5 MPH
AND ALLOW RH TO DROP AS LOW AS 15% THIS AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ATOP
RIDGES AND ANY SOUTHERN ASPECT SLOPES.
WINDS WILL WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET, WITH MARGINAL OVERNIGHT RECOVERY
EXPECTED TONIGHT. CLOUDS BEGIN TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING, SO WINDS STAY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY TOMORROW WITH
LARGELY SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SLIGHTLY
HIGHER AFTERNOON MINIMUM RHS (AS LOW AS 25-30%).
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 73 75 76 76 75
RH..............34 27 22 21 21 22
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 6
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 15 15 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 4.9 5.7 6.4 4.6 1.9
MIX HGT (KM)....1.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.4 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 14 15 16 9
TRANS WIND DIR..SW W W W W SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 6 6 7 7 4
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..39 59 69 84 65 16
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR GD GD GD PR
TONIGHT
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 5 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 61 57 53 49 46
RH..............27 40 52 57 66 69
20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 SW 5 SW 3 W 2 NW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.9 13 12 10 7 7
MIX HGT (FT)....400 400 400 300 300 300
MIX HGT (M).....120 120 120 90 90 90
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 13 SW 12 SW 10 W 8 N 8
TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 4 SW 6 SW 5 SW 4 W 4 N 4
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 4 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
SATURDAY
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........10 43 23 7 32 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 47 60 69 74 75
RH..............73 71 46 35 29 27
20 FT WIND......NE 3 E 5 E 8 S 8 S 10 S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 13 13 17 18
MIX HGT (FT)....400 600 1300 2400 4400 4300
MIX HGT (M).....120 180 400 730 1340 1310
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 7 E 9 E 9 S 13 S 20 S 22
TRAN WIND (M/S).NE 3 E 4 E 4 S 6 S 9 S 10
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 5 11 27 76 81
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD
FORECASTER...CAMDEN
REQUESTED BY...TYLER TRANTHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604092.0/SGF
.DELDT 02/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TYLER.TRANTHAM@MDC.MO.GOV
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