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Spot Forecast for Coreopsis...USFWS
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
655 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at 1-800-438-0596, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Current conditions near the burn site are a temperature of 57 degrees,
a RH of 65 percent, and south southwesterly winds around 7 mph. Winds will
turn more southwesterly and increase up to around 15 mph as the morning progresses.
A cold front will move through in the noon to 1 pm time frame, turning winds to
northwesterly, with gusts up to 25 mph. Minimum afternoon RH should drop to around 35
percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    through the day.
CWR.................7 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the
                    west 10 to 13 mph late in the morning, then
                    shifting to the northwest 9 to 10 mph early in
                    the afternoon shifting to the north around 10
                    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 afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 23 mph shifting to the north 13
                    to 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  55  63  55  80  73  75  69  65  44  46
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH             SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  0   10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............53  55  58  64  66  67  68  69  71  72  72
RH..............66  66  64  56  54  54  52  51  46  41  39
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..18  20  16  15  13  10  10  9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.26  30  24  23  18  15  15  14  15  14  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.4 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.0 2.9
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.18  20  22  23  21  17  14  14  15  15  13
Haines index....3   3   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  24  34  23  8   9   12  16  26  16  17  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............73  71  68  62  59  56  54  52  51  50  47  47
RH..............37  36  39  46  51  53  54  56  59  58  65  63
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   8   7   6
20 FT wind gust.14  13  12  12  13  12  12  10  10  12  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NW  N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.10  8   8   8   8   8   10  13  13  13  13  13
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east 7
                    to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 14 mph shifting to the east
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44  50  44  54  35  31  26  21  22  23  24  28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  46  49  53  59  64  66  68  69  70  71  70
RH..............63  65  63  59  51  43  40  36  35  32  31  32
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   NE  E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.10  9   10  10  13  12  12  13  13  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.0 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.3 4.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.14  13  13  13  13  12  9   8   8   8   8   8
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Williams
Requested by...Deon Steinle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411923.0/EAX
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL deon_steinle@fws.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
