Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
416
FNUS73 KSGF 202336
FWSSGF
Spot Forecast for Tabor...USDA - Forest Service
National Weather Service Springfield MO
636 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on September 20.
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.DISCUSSION...
A wind shift to the west northwest is likely by 8pm this evening with gusts around 20-30mph. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase
after 8pm, lasting into the overnight hours. RH values will increase this evening as well. Northwest winds are then likely for Monday along
with increased cloud cover. The chance of showers and storms will decrease during the morning hours.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms through the night.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph shifting to the
northwest 5 to 7 mph late in the evening, then
becoming light overnight becoming northwest
around 6 mph overnight becoming light. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-213 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph shifting to the
northwest 8 to 10 mph early in the evening,
then shifting to the north around 7 mph
overnight becoming 7 to 8 mph after 3 am.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
north around 3 meters/second overnight, then
becoming 3 to 4 meters/second after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.11 inches.
TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62 85 73 82 74 81 78 81 85 75 77
Weather cov..... CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 30
Temp............87 84 81 79 77 76 74 73 72 70 70
RH..............42 48 54 60 67 71 76 81 84 93 93
20 FT wind dir..S S NW NW N W NW N N N N
20 FT wind spd..7 6 8 7 5 3 7 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.13 15 18 17 10 9 16 9 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Transp wind dir.SW NW NW NW N N NE N N N NW
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 10 9 8 7 7 7 8 8
Trans wind dir..SW NW NW NW N N NE N N N NW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers
through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph late in
the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1219 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph increasing to 7 to 10
mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest around 3 meters/second increasing to
3 to 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (28100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.10 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76 81 76 68 59 73 55 46 46 37 51 28
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 30
Temp............70 68 70 73 77 81 83 85 86 84 83 83
RH..............90 100 97 90 82 72 67 61 59 63 65 67
20 FT wind dir..N N NE N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.1 3.0 3.4 4.0 4.0 3.2 2.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9
Transp wind dir.NW NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 10
Trans wind dir..NW NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 2 4 6 9 12 18 21 24 28 26 26
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Showers likely
and slight chance of thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
northeast late in the evening, then becoming
light late in the evening becoming north around
5 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-640 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17100 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
night.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........41 41 43 47 35 43 45 51 83 87 67 90
Weather cov.....LKY
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).60 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 10
Temp............79 78 75 73 71 70 68 67 66 67 65 64
RH..............74 76 84 90 97 97 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..NW N N N NE NE NE NE N N N N
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.6 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE N
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8
Trans wind dir..N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE NE N
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..17 5 13 5 5 4 5 6 3 3 5 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1585 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.North 4 to 5 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (41800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86 86 75 69 62 58 55 51 49 47 45 41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............64 63 65 68 72 75 78 79 81 82 82 81
RH..............99 100 100 97 87 79 71 67 60 56 55 56
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3
Transp wind dir.N NE N NE NE NE N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.8 8 9 10 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 10
Trans wind dir..N NE N NE NE NE N N N N N N
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 11 18 24 30 31 32 37 42 42 39
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
$$
Forecaster...Burchfield
Requested by...Charlene Rogers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622170.3/SGF
.DELDT 09/20/26
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