214
FNUS73 KSGF 190715
FWSSGF
SPOT FORECAST FOR GWCA PRAIRIE RX...US PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 19.
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
TODAY WILL FEATURE SUNNY SKIES WITH NO CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL GET INTO THE 30% RANGE AFTER
12 PM. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST FOR THE LATE MORNING,
BUT WILL SWITCH WESTERLY AFTER 12 PM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL
BE BELOW 10 MPH AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE NEAR 15 MPH.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 2 3 2 2 2 9 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 67 70 75 77 79 80 79
RH..............58 50 49 41 39 36 34 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 8 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 14 13 13 13 12 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 12 13 13 13 13 12
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 5 6 6 6 6 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 14 16 20 27 32 37 31
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........9 10 10 19 19 14 12 7 10 5 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 75 69 66 63 61 60 58 57 56 55 55
RH..............36 43 51 56 60 65 67 72 72 74 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 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.W W NW NW NW N E S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 9
TRANS WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW N E S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 4
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 7 6 6 6 5 3 2 3 3 4 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 53 55 60 67 72 77 81 83 85 85 84
RH..............80 83 83 78 65 57 48 41 37 33 32 34
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 15 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.7 3.1 3.2 2.5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 14
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 4 6 9 14 18 25 35 41 42 30
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
FORECASTER...SORIA
REQUESTED BY...KRYSTEN BAUER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606253.0/SGF
.DELDT 03/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KRYSTEN_BAUER@NPS.GOV
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