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Spot Forecast for Central Crossing Fire 4/11/24...UPDATED
National Weather Service Springfield MO
432 AM CDT Thu Apr 11 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on April 11.
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...

Clouds will clear this morning as highs warm into the middle 60s
this afternoon. Minimum RH values will drop to around 35%
late this afternoon into early this evening. Northwest winds
of 15-20 mph gusting to 30 to 35mph will develop this morning and
continue into early this evening. Winds will weaken this evening.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66  65  53  39  16  10  6   4   8   13  13  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  49  48  50  54  56  58  60  62  63  63  64
RH..............80  77  77  66  54  51  47  44  41  38  38  34
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  13  17  17  18  18  20  20  20  20  20  20
20 FT wind gust.20  23  32  32  31  30  29  31  31  31  31  29
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 2.4 3.3 4.4 5.2 5.9 6.6 7.0 6.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.17  20  24  26  32  33  36  37  37  37  37  36
Trans wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Trans spd (m/s).8   9   11  12  14  15  16  17  17  17  17  16
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7   8   17  26  67  97  136 166 188 212 225 215
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  GD  GD  VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   5   4   2   3   1   1   1   2   1   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  61  57  53  51  49  47  46  45  45  42  42
RH..............34  35  37  41  44  44  47  49  49  49  53  53
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..17  15  12  9   8   7   7   6   6   6   8   7
20 FT wind gust.28  26  18  17  16  15  13  13  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...6.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....2.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.33  23  18  16  14  13  14  14  13  13  13  12
Trans wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Trans spd (m/s).15  10  8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..196 20  8   6   6   5   6   5   5   5   5   5
Ventrate Cat....EXL PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  40  43  47  55  59  63  67  69  70  71  71
RH..............53  57  55  51  40  36  31  28  27  27  28  30
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  9   8
20 FT wind gust.10  13  10  17  18  18  17  16  16  16  15  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.2 4.9 3.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  16  20  21  20  18  17  16  15  13
Trans wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Trans spd (m/s).5   5   6   7   9   9   9   8   8   7   7   6
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   5   6   21  51  66  70  73  75  73  64  40
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  PR

$$
Forecaster...Wise
Requested by...Rusty Rickard
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410315.0/SGF
.DELDT 04/10/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rrickard@centralcrossingfpd.org
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
