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FNUS73 KSGF 272009
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKY BARRENS RXB...MO DEPT OF CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
209 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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 TO LOW 70S
THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS INDICATE THAT A DEEP MIXING LAYER WILL MOST
LIKELY REACH MIXING HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5-6.5KFT, BUT POTENTIALLY AS
HIGH AS 7-8KFT AT THEIR PEAK. THIS ADDITIONAL MIXING WOULD INCREASE
THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS BY ~5 MPH AND DROP MINIMUM RHS TO AS
LOW AS 15% OVER THE ANTICIPATED FORECAST VALUES.
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%). EXPECT HIGHS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 70S AGAIN SATURDAY.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CST) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 75 77 75 73
RH..............23 21 19 21 23
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 16 14 10
20 FT WIND GUST.23 24 24 21 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 5.4 6.3 4.6 2.2
MIX HGT (KM)....1.4 1.6 1.9 1.4 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 24 23 22 14
TRANS WIND DIR..W W W W W
TRANS SPD (M/S).10 11 10 10 6
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..90 114 127 87 26
VENTRATE CAT....GD VGD VGD GD PR
TONIGHT
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 2 14 33 39 38 47 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............69 63 61 57 55 54 52 50 50 49 48 48
RH..............27 34 36 42 43 45 48 52 52 54 56 56
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S SW S S E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 12 10 9 9 7 9 14 15 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW SW SW SW W N NE E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 12 12 12 10 9 8 9 12 13 14
TRANS WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW W N NE E E E
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 7
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 (%).........27 53 47 45 57 71 36 20 29 41 39 28
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 10 10 10 10 20 30 20 10
TEMP............45 47 50 57 62 66 71 73 74 76 74 73
RH..............63 60 56 47 41 38 32 31 29 27 30 33
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 12 13 13 14 14 16 15 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 17 17 22 23 24 25 25 22 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.7 2.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 14 16 18 21 23 28 28 18 16
TRANS WIND DIR..E SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 13 8 7
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 7 7 11 24 39 60 69 86 86 48 29
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR PR
FORECASTER...CAMDEN
REQUESTED BY...BEN CHAPMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604226.0/SGF
.DELDT 02/27/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BEN.CHAPMAN@MDC.MO.GOV
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