966  
FNUS73 KSGF 200926  
FWSSGF  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TABOR...USDA - FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
426 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 20.  
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  
 
OVERNIGHT RH IS LIKELY TO ONLY RECOVER TO 60-70% AT MOST THIS MORNING,  
WHICH WILL LIKELY ALLOW AFTERNOON RH TO DROP A FEW % LOWER, PERHAPS AS  
LOW AS 27-30%. TEMPERATURES REMAIN HOT TODAY, WITH THE INCOMING COLD  
FRONT UNLIKELY TO IMPACT THE BURN SITE UNTIL EVENING. CLOUDS INCREASE  
THROUGH THE DAY, WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AROUND SUNRISE BECOMING  
WESTERLY IN LATE MORNING AND SOUTHWESTERLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON, REMAINING  
SOUTHWESTERLY UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN ROUGHLY 7-8 PM. WINDS TURN  
VARIABLE AS THE FRONT PASSAGE, BECOMING NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT  
AFTER THE FRONT PASSES.  
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON  
AND THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FRONT AS IT PASSES. WHILE  
CHANCES OF STORMS ARE LOWER AHEAD OF THE FRONT, ISOLATED STORM  
DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-2286 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (67500 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........29 30 29 25 29 23 27 31 25 32 44  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............69 72 78 85 88 91 93 94 95 95 93  
RH..............72 71 60 50 45 40 37 35 34 33 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..N SW W W W W W W SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 2 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 7 8 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 1.0 2.1 4.2 6.0 7.0 7.5 7.3 6.9 5.3  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 9 12 13 12 10 10 10 9 9  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 2 8 21 47 60 63 68 66 55 43  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR FR  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-457 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 8  
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH 8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING  
TO THE NORTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.WEST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE  
EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 4  
METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO  
THE NORTH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHEAST 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT).  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.12 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........58 54 72 79 67 71 60 73 66 68 74 67  
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 30 40 40  
TEMP............92 89 84 81 79 77 75 73 72 71 69 69  
RH..............37 42 51 58 62 69 71 76 81 84 93 93  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W S E NW N N N N N E  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW E NW N N N N NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..W W NW NW E NW N N N N NE NE  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
MORNING. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.  
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1524 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 7  
TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO  
THE NORTHWEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON  
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO  
THE NORTH 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE  
MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (35300 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.25 INCHES.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........68 58 60 43 34 48 28 58 66 47 25 36  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 40 40 20 0 40 10 10 40 40 70  
TEMP............69 68 70 73 78 81 85 86 86 87 86 85  
RH..............93 97 93 87 76 69 61 59 57 55 57 59  
20 FT WIND DIR..E N N SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW N  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 13 13 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.1 3.7 4.9 5.0 4.0 1.6  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 9  
TRANS WIND DIR..NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N N N  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 3 6 11 13 19 22 35 35 24 13  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 
 
FORECASTER...CAMDEN  
REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE ROGERS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2622170.1/SGF  
.DELDT 09/20/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JESS.REGISTER@USDA.GOV,MOMOC.DISPATCH@USDA.GOV  
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