Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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073 FNUS73 KSGF 272035 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Wah Kon-Tah Prairie MK- 2SW 2SE MK-3W 3E...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Springfield MO 335 PM CDT Tue Oct 27 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... High temperatures approach 80 degrees on Wednesday afternoon. Scattered mid to high clouds through the morning, clearing into the afternoon. Minimum afternoon relative humidity values around 40 to 45 percent. Southerly winds of 10 to 15 mph sustained, with gusts approaching 20 to 25 mph. Maximum mixing heights around 5000 feet or higher. .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........30 29 24 16 18 7 4 2 0 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............62 67 71 75 78 79 80 81 79 RH..............75 63 57 52 48 45 44 42 44 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 12 20 FT wind gust.18 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.0 1.6 2.5 3.6 4.7 5.1 5.1 3.3 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.0 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.14 17 17 18 20 20 20 21 17 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 14 25 40 61 80 86 93 50 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 6 10 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............78 74 69 68 67 66 65 65 64 63 62 62 RH..............45 51 59 59 61 63 63 63 65 67 72 75 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 20 FT wind gust.18 17 20 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.13 13 14 14 15 15 14 15 13 14 14 12 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 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 (%).........19 29 30 29 18 13 14 18 21 24 27 31 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............61 61 60 64 69 73 76 79 81 82 82 80 RH..............78 81 87 78 78 73 66 62 58 56 56 60 20 FT wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 3 20 FT wind gust.15 15 12 12 13 13 13 12 10 9 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.6 3.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.0 Transp wind dir.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.12 12 10 12 14 14 12 10 9 9 8 7 Trans wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Trans spd (m/s).5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 4 8 16 25 29 33 35 38 32 20 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Perez 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