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Spot Forecast for East Savanna Dormant Burn...Missouri Department of Conservation
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
832 AM CST Tue Dec 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on December 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the
National Weather Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light west winds this morning will turn to the  will turn to the southwest
by 200 to 300 PM. There is a strong temperature inversion this morning, and
the mixing height is unlikely to reach 1600 ft until between 1200 and 100 PM.
Light winds in the low levels and low mixing heights will result in poor to
marginal smoke dispersal.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........19 at ignition...Max 35.
RH..................74 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light west wind becoming southwest this afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 4 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise max 1900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1600 m/s-m/ at ignition. Max...poor /4520
                    m/s-m/.

TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
Sky (%).........4      32     63     69     53     27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............19     25     31     34     33     32
RH..............74     55     45     40     43     47
20 ft wind......W 4    W 7    W 8    W 9    SW 7   W 8
20 ft wind gust.8      12     14     16     15     15
Eye level wind..W 2    W 3    W 4    W 4    SW 3   W 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4      6      6      7      7      7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1    1.6    1.8    1.9    1.0    0.7
Transport wind..W 10   W 13   W 15   W 17   W 13   W 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10     18     24     29     11     10
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Min 25.
RH..................Max 96 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds at 3 to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 10 mph with gusts to around 18
                    mph.
Mixing height.......Min 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 18 mph shifting to the northwest 13
                    to 14 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 m/s-m).

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Temperature.........Max 43.
RH..................Min 65 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light west wind.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......Max 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (860 m/s-m) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair max (6720 m/s-m) in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Carney
Requested by...Katelyn Siedhoff
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528144.0/LSX
.DELDT 12/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0