Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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112 FNUS73 KSGF 280826 AAA FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Wah Kon-Tah Prairie MK- 2SW 2SE MK-3W 3E...UPDATED National Weather Service Springfield MO 326 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on October 28. 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... Scattered light rain showers will be possible across the area early this morning, but should push out of the area by around sunrise this morning. Highs will then warm to around 80 degrees this afternoon with RH around 40% this afternoon. Southerly winds will become gusty this morning into this afternoon with gusts of 20 to 25 mph at times. Maximum mixing heights around 5000 feet or higher. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........18 11 6 8 4 5 2 1 0 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............61 66 71 75 78 80 81 81 81 RH..............75 65 57 50 45 41 39 40 42 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 12 20 FT wind gust.17 23 22 21 21 21 22 21 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.0 1.6 2.4 3.5 4.4 4.9 5.0 2.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.5 0.8 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.14 16 17 17 18 20 20 20 16 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 14 24 36 56 75 83 85 37 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD PR .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 13 17 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............78 74 70 68 67 66 65 64 62 62 61 60 RH..............45 51 57 61 61 63 65 67 72 70 75 81 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.15 16 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S SW Transp wind spd.14 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 13 14 13 13 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 7 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........23 6 15 27 47 28 23 21 34 36 37 33 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 59 59 63 69 73 76 79 80 81 81 82 RH..............84 93 96 90 78 71 69 62 62 58 58 55 20 FT wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 3 20 FT wind gust.13 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 10 9 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.8 3.8 4.4 5.0 4.5 1.8 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.13 12 12 13 15 14 13 12 12 10 8 8 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).6 5 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 4 5 7 17 23 31 38 44 45 32 12 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Wise Requested by...Noelle Schumann Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2624700.0/SGF .DELDT 10/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL noelle.schumann@tnc.org,rgauger@tnc.org