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FNUS73 KSGF 172233
FWSSGF

Spot Forecast for Kaintuck South...US Forest Service - USFS
National Weather Service Springfield MO
533 PM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 18.
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...
Northwest winds are likely through Monday night. A wind shift will occur
Tuesday with southwest to west winds. Wind speeds will be around 15mph on Monday, increasing
to 15-20mph on Tuesday. Gusts on Tuesday may reach near 30 mph. Humidity will drop to around 25 percent
Monday and perhaps Tuesday as well. No precipitation is expected.

.MONDAY...
TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   4   2   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............32  36  38  40  42  43  43  44
RH..............39  33  32  30  28  27  27  26
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  14  14  13  12  12
20 FT wind gust.21  21  21  22  21  21  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 4.6 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.25  24  24  24  23  22  22  20
Trans wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Trans spd (m/s).11  11  11  11  10  10  10  9
Haines index....4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..99  98  111 121 122 116 113 92
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD

.MONDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  41  38  35  33  31  29  28  28  28  29  29
RH..............28  29  35  39  44  48  51  53  53  55  53  53
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  9   7   7   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   10
20 FT wind gust.16  15  12  10  10  10  12  13  14  15  16  18
Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  14  12  9   8   8   10  12  13  14  15  16
Trans wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).7   6   5   4   4   4   4   5   6   6   7   7
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..71  27  7   2   3   2   3   4   4   5   6   6
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............29  31  35  40  46  52  57  62  65  67  67  67
RH..............53  51  47  42  38  35  34  32  30  29  30  30
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  14  16  18  20  20  18  17  16  16  15  14
20 FT wind gust.21  23  26  29  31  31  30  29  28  26  24  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.2 3.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.9
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  18  22  25  28  29  29  29  29  28  25  21
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   10  11  13  13  13  13  13  13  11  9
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   8   15  26  40  57  73  86  100 104 92  56
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  VGD VGD GD  FR

$$
Forecaster...Burchfield
Requested by...Reggie Bray
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407084.0/SGF
.DELDT 03/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL reggie.bray@usda.gov


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