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Spot Forecast for Dunn Ranch - South 600...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
455 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 09.
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...

Winds at ignition time are expected to be out of the southeast
around 10 mph with gusts around 15-20 MPH possible. Winds are
expected to slow through the afternoon hours. RH values bottom out
around 45 percent late in the afternoon. Fuel moisture is mixed with
recent rains; however, antecedent dry conditions likely enabled fuels
to dry quickly. No precipitation is expected for the anticipated burn
period. The next chance for scattered showers arrives Friday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 16 mph.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  39  25  22  12  10  7   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  61  65  67  69  70  71  70
RH..............62  58  53  49  47  47  46  49
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.17  20  18  21  20  20  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.3 1.6 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  16  15  15  16  16  16  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................2 percent increasing to 28 percent overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6   6   8   8   15  13  41  69  71  73  85  77
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  30  30
Temp............69  65  63  61  61  60  60  60  59  59  59  58
RH..............52  58  60  65  66  64  64  64  69  69  72  80
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   7   7   7   6   7   7   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.16  14  14  14  15  14  14  15  14  15  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  14  14  14  14  15  15  15  12  10

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the morning.
CWR.................28 percent decreasing to 3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the morning.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph shifting to the north 7
                    to 8 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  73  58  43  41  33  29  25  22  19  17  17
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........CHC
CWR.............30  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  57  58  60  63  67  69  72  74  75  76  75
RH..............86  86  87  87  81  75  73  68  64  62  60  62
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   7   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  13  14  14  14  14  13  13  13  12  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  9   10  12  13  12  9   8   7   7   8   8

$$
Forecaster...Pesel
Requested by...Ryan Gauger
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523211.0/EAX
.DELDT 10/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rgauger@tnc.org