Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
877
FNUS73 KSGF 201437
FWSSGF
Spot Forecast for Tabor...USDA - Forest Service
National Weather Service Springfield MO
937 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 CDT on September 20.
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.DISCUSSION...RH is forecast to drop into the lower 30% range by
this afternoon. Clouds increase through the day, with light and
variable winds around sunrise becoming westerly in late morning
and southwesterly by early afternoon, remaining southwesterly
until frontal passage between roughly 7-8 PM. Winds turn variable
as the front passage, becoming northerly overnight tonight after
the front passes.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon
and this evening, especially along the front as it passes. While
chances of storms are lower ahead of the front, isolated storm
development will also be possible ahead of the front.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1615-2286 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (42700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (67500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13 25 33 35 47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0
Temp............93 94 95 95 93
RH..............37 35 34 33 35
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.12 10 10 12 10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 7.5 7.3 6.9 5.3
Mix hgt (km)....2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.6
Transp wind dir.W W SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.10 10 10 9 9
Trans wind dir..W W SW SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..63 68 66 55 43
Ventrate Cat....GD GD GD FR FR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms overnight. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
northwest 5 to 6 mph early in the evening, then
becoming light in the late evening and
overnight becoming north around 5 mph early in
the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-457 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph shifting to the east around 8
mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
north 8 to 9 mph late in the evening shifting
to the northeast 7 to 8 mph after 3 am.
Transport winds m/s.West around 4 meters/second shifting to the
northwest 3 to 4 meters/second early in the
evening, then shifting to the east around 4
meters/second late in the evening shifting to
the north late in the evening shifting to the
northeast 3 to 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.12 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62 65 87 74 81 73 80 74 80 85 75 78
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 30 30
Temp............92 89 84 81 79 77 75 73 72 71 69 69
RH..............37 42 51 58 62 69 71 76 81 84 93 93
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W N NE N NW N NW NW N N
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 5
20 FT wind gust.12 13 16 9 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW E NW N N N N NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 7 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7
Trans wind dir..W W NW NW E NW N N N N NE NE
Trans spd (m/s).4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of showers
in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms through
the day. Showers likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph shifting to the north 7
to 8 mph early in the morning, then shifting to
the northwest in the late morning and afternoon
shifting to the north around 9 mph late in the
afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 3 meters/second shifting to
the north 3 to 4 meters/second early in the
morning, then shifting to the northwest in the
late morning and afternoon shifting to the
north around 4 meters/second late in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (35300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.25 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76 82 75 69 58 73 55 44 66 47 25 36
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30 50 40 40 50 40 20 20 20 30 30 30
Temp............69 68 70 73 78 81 85 86 86 87 86 85
RH..............93 97 93 87 76 69 61 59 57 55 57 59
20 FT wind dir..N N N NE N N N N NW NW NW N
20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 7
20 FT wind gust.8 9 10 8 7 7 8 8 12 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.1 3.7 4.9 5.0 4.0 1.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N N N
Transp wind spd.7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 9
Trans wind dir..NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N N N
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 6 11 13 19 22 35 35 24 13
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...Soria
Requested by...Charlene Rogers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622170.2/SGF
.DELDT 09/20/26
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