Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
323 FNUS73 KSGF 162206 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Bluff Springs Unit 2...MO Dept of Conservation National Weather Service Springfield MO 506 PM CDT Wed Apr 16 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 CDT on April 16. 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... Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy for the rest of the day and RH values will be around 20-25%. Winds are out of the south and will gradually increase through the evening and overnight hours. Sustained southerly winds of 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph through the evening and up to 30 mph overnight. There is a 20% chance of rain over the next hour or two through 7 PM. Though, rain is having trouble overcoming the dry airmass to reach the ground at this time. However, rain chances increase after midnight, peaking at 50-60% by 4-6 AM Thursday morning. Rainfall accumulations will be less than 0.50". .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........40 55 29 29 38 53 44 44 60 75 83 82 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 50 50 Temp............73 71 69 67 65 65 64 64 64 63 61 61 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..12 10 9 10 12 13 12 12 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.24 23 22 23 23 24 24 30 25 25 25 26 Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Mix hgt (km)....0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.20 16 16 16 18 20 20 20 18 17 17 18 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).9 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 Haines index....5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..37 9 7 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........84 51 37 34 28 20 Weather cov.....LIKELY CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).60 30 10 0 0 0 Temp............61 61 67 74 80 82 RH..............65 78 70 62 54 49 20 ft wind......S 12 SE 13 S 16 S 20 S 21 S 21 20 ft wind gust.25 28 33 36 36 38 Mix hgt (ft)....500 500 2300 3700 4800 4600 Mix hgt (m).....150 150 700 1130 1460 1400 Transport wind..S 18 S 18 S 28 S 31 S 35 SW 36 Tran wind (m/s).S 8 S 8 S 13 S 14 S 16 SW 16 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 8 55 101 143 142 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR VYGD VYGD VYGD .THURSDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........15 17 26 43 50 41 31 22 18 15 11 19 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............83 81 80 77 76 75 74 73 72 72 71 70 RH..............48 49 49 54 56 57 59 59 59 59 59 61 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..20 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 20 FT wind gust.36 33 32 33 37 39 41 41 39 37 33 32 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Transp wind dir.SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Transp wind spd.31 25 24 25 28 28 26 25 25 25 25 25 Trans wind dir..SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).14 11 11 11 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..82 21 15 15 19 17 14 12 11 11 12 13 Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........28 25 31 38 44 57 69 82 84 85 87 86 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 50 50 Temp............69 69 70 71 74 76 77 77 77 77 77 76 RH..............64 66 66 66 62 60 58 58 58 58 58 60 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 15 14 20 FT wind gust.31 31 32 32 32 32 31 30 30 29 28 25 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 1.4 1.9 2.5 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.1 2.4 1.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.26 28 29 30 31 32 32 31 29 26 23 21 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..17 20 35 50 67 90 108 111 95 72 47 30 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD GD GD FR PR $$ Forecaster...Soria Requested by...Trent Jones Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2510307.1/SGF .DELDT 04/16/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL trenton.jones@mdc.mo.gov