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Spot Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Coreopsis...USFWS
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
926 AM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at 1-800-438-0596, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Northwest winds will be weaker today, but still expect relative
humidity values to fall to the 20-30 percent range this afternoon.
Breezy southerly winds return on Saturday, and with that an
increase in low-level moisture, which may help mitigate fire
weather conditions.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 18 mph.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  59  62  65  67  68  70  71
RH..............38  32  28  26  24  24  22  23
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  10  9   8
20 FT wind gust.17  18  17  17  16  15  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.7
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.17  18  18  16  15  13  12  10
Haines index....5   5   6   6   6   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 5
                    to 10 mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 9 to
                    15 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   2   2   4   4   3   2   4   3   2   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  69  65  59  56  54  53  51  51  50  50  50
RH..............25  28  33  40  47  50  52  59  59  63  63  66
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   9   10
20 FT wind gust.9   7   7   8   9   10  10  10  13  13  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   7   9   9   10  12  13  13  14  14  15  15
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   3   3   3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 18 to 22 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 22 mph shifting to the southwest 25
                    to 31 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   14  4   5   16  24  26  28  32  35  39  35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  50  53  58  66  71  76  80  81  82  83  82
RH..............74  77  74  72  58  49  44  38  35  33  31  31
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  12  14  15  18  18  18  20  21  22  22  21
20 FT wind gust.16  17  21  23  25  26  28  30  31  32  32  31
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.15  16  18  22  25  26  28  29  30  31  31  28
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...WFO EAX
Requested by...Deon Steinle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410512.0/EAX
.DELDT 04/12/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL deon_steinle@fws.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
