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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
517 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK.
DISCUSSION...
BREEZY WINDS EARLY TODAY WILL WEAKEN BY THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE AS A
DRY AIR MASS MOVES OVER THE OZARKS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THIS MAY
ALLOW FOR ELEVATED FIRE START POTENTIAL TODAY THOUGH SPREAD
POTENTIAL WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO WEAKENING WINDS.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION COMES SUNDAY. THERE IS A 50 TO
80 PERCENT CHANCE FOR A QUICK LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY, BRINGING A
15 PERCENT CHANCE FOR WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH, MAINLY EAST OF
HIGHWAY 65. WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/DSSPACKET
THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF
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