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Spot Forecast for WKT - TH-E...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Springfield MO
253 AM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on October 19.
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...

Mid and high level clouds will spread into the area today however
sunshine is still expected. Current forecast yields RH values down to around
40% however there is the potential for RH to drop closer to 35% if temps are
a few degrees warmer. Winds will remain south to southeast with light speeds around 5-8mph
and gusts to 10 mph. These light winds will keep vent rates in the poor category.


.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  43  36  33  34  37  47  43  39
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  55  59  62  65  66  67  70  67
RH..............77  69  62  56  48  47  43  41  45
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   5   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  9   9   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.0 2.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  9   9   8   8   8   7   7   7
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   6   11  14  20  24  21  18  15
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........56  46  49  53  37  27  29  29  15  16  13  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  64  59  57  55  54  53  52  52  52  50  50
RH..............50  52  64  67  72  74  77  86  86  86  86  86
20 FT wind dir..SE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   E   E   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8
Trans wind dir..SE  E   E   E   E   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20  13  16  11  15  29  45  27  46  62  41  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  48  50  53  58  63  66  69  69  70  71  69
RH..............89  93  86  83  75  65  56  51  51  47  47  49
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.2 2.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   9   9   8   8   7   9   9   7   8
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   4   4   3   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   3   3   4   6   12  16  17  27  28  19  17
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Burchfield
Requested by...Ryan Gauger
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623996.0/SGF
.DELDT 10/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rgauger@tnc.org