Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
770
FNUS73 KSGF 032337
FWSSGF
Spot Forecast for Math Branch...USDA - Forest Service
National Weather Service Springfield MO
537 PM CST Sat Jan 3 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CST on January 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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.DISCUSSION...
Wind will be light and variable tonight and Sunday morning with
direction dominated by terrain. Good overnight humidity recoveries
will occur tonight with patchy fog late.
Low-level wind will then become prevailing south-southeast
starting around 10 AM on Sunday, however 20-foot wind will remain
variable into the early afternoon due to the blocking ridge to
the south. Fire that is able to make it to the ridge top will
experience the full south-southeast wind. Mixing and ventilation
will remain poor on Sunday. Minimum humidity values will remain
above 50 percent.
Good overnight humidity recovery will again occur Sunday night
with a light prevailing south wind.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly clear (5-15 percent). Patchy fog
overnight.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-122 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east 3 to 5
mph after 3 am.
Transport winds m/s.North around 3 meters/second shifting to the
east 1 to 2 meters/second after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48 29 22 14 11 4 4 8 7 9 13 17
Weather cov..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............38 35 33 32 30 30 29 28 27 27 27 27
RH..............79 89 92 96 100 96 100 100 100 100 96 96
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N NW N NE E E E
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2
20 FT wind gust.9 8 7 7 7 6 3 3 3 3 3 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 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.N N N N N N N NE NE E E E
Transp wind spd.7 7 6 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 3 5
Trans wind dir..N N N N N N N NE NE E E E
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-396 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 10 mph shifting to the south 12
to 13 mph in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35 49 49 49 52 54 59 51 58 60 61 66
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............27 27 28 33 37 41 45 47 48 49 48 47
RH..............96 96 96 85 75 67 60 58 56 56 58 58
20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7
20 FT wind gust.6 6 7 9 12 13 12 13 13 14 14 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
Transp wind dir.E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 13 12
Trans wind dir..E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 2 2 5 7 10 11 13 13 12 12 7
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SUNDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-183 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 5 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........70 64 48 56 61 51 41 36 32 27 28 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............45 43 41 40 39 38 37 36 36 36 35 35
RH..............63 67 70 76 79 82 82 85 85 85 89 89
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.15 15 14 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
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.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.12 12 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 6
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...61-671 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 17 mph
late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 8 meters/second becoming 3 to 7
meters/second in the late morning and early
afternoon, then increasing to 7 to 8
meters/second late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (33100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31 29 27 25 21 18 14 14 14 14 18 21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............35 36 38 42 48 54 59 62 64 64 63 61
RH..............92 92 92 86 74 64 57 56 54 54 56 58
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 7 8 10 13 15 16 17 16 15
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S SW S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 7 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 1 2 5 10 16 24 30 33 25 16
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...Schaumann
Requested by...Charlene Rogers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2528233.0/SGF
.DELDT 01/03/26
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.EMAIL reggie.bray@usda.gov,momoc.dispatch@usda.gov