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Spot Forecast for Casey Glades Rx...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
415 AM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on February 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the
National Weather Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mixing heights will reach 1700 feet shortly after ignition with
a maximum height around 1900 feet.  Winds will be light today
causing poor smoke dispersal.  Temperatures will be warmer today
than in past days, with a high in the middle 40s.  The minimum
relative humidity will only fall to around 55 percent.

It will be dry through most of tonight, though there will be
a 20 percent chance of light rain or snow on Tuesday morning.
Winds will be light again tonight and on Tuesday and mixing
heights on Tuesday only climbing up to 1800 feet causing
smoke dispersal to be poor again.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Temperature.........25 at ignition...Max 47.
RH..................84 percent at ignition...Min 56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Winds around 1 mph with an adjustment factor of 0.3
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise max 1900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 8 mph shifting to the south 5 to 6
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /110 m/s-m/ at ignition. Max...poor /2060
                    m/s-m/.

TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
Sky (%).........26     14     9      21     42     69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............25     37     44     47     46     41
RH..............84     64     60     56     58     70
20 ft wind......W 3    SW 2   S 3    S 3    S 2    SE 3
20 ft wind gust.5      4      5      5      5      6
Eye level wind..W 1    SW 1   S 1    S 1    S 1    SE 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.2      2      2      2      2      3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1    0.6    1.6    1.9    1.0    0.2
Transport wind..W 6    W 3    SW 6   SW 8   S 6    S 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1      2      8      13     5      1
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Min 30.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Winds around 2 mph with an adjustment factor of 0.3
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph early in
                    the evening, then becoming light overnight.
Mixing height.......Min 200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph shifting to the west 9 to 10
                    mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (160 m/s-m).

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain and snow in the morning.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Temperature.........Max 38.
RH..................Min 69 percent.
Eye level winds.....Winds around 2 mph with an adjustment factor of 0.3
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
                    the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......Max 1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph shifting to the north 7 to
                    16 mph in the morning, then increasing to 14 to
                    17 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (220 m/s-m).

$$
Forecaster...Britt
Requested by...William Kiser
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/02/26
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