172 FNUS73 KSGF 071408 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Hunkah Prairie...MO Dept Natural Resources National Weather Service Springfield MO 808 AM CST Thu Dec 7 2017 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on December 07. 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... A colder and dry air mass has spread over the region this afternoon. Surface high pressure will remain to the west of the area allowing northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Highs this afternoon will be around 32. Lows tonight will drop into the teens. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 percent. TEMPERATURE.........21 at ignition...Max 32. RH..................77 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent. DEWPOINT............13 decreasing to 10 late in the afternoon. WIND SHIFT.......... WIND (20 FT)........Winds northwest at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph becoming light. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2300-4100 ft AGL increasing to 3700-5600 ft AGL in the afternoon, then decreasing to 1800 ft AGL late in the afternoon. TRANSPORT WINDS.....Northwest 12 to 21 mph decreasing to around 8 mph late in the afternoon. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....Good /40900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /79300 knot-ft/ decreasing to fair (13700 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........13 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............21 23 25 27 29 31 32 32 30 28 DEWPOINT........15 14 14 14 13 12 11 10 10 10 RH..............77 68 62 57 51 45 41 39 42 46 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 2.6 3.3 4.1 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.2 3.7 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 18 18 17 17 16 15 12 8 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 VRATE KT-FT/100041 45 54 65 72 79 79 68 39 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 percent. TEMPERATURE.........Min 18. RH..................Max 70 percent. DEWPOINT............10. WIND SHIFT.......... WIND (20 FT)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph early in the morning. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 ft AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....Poor to poor (0-1400 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............26 24 22 21 20 20 19 18 18 18 18 19 DEWPOINT........10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 RH..............50 57 62 65 67 67 67 70 70 67 67 64 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 VRATE KT-FT/10001 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). CHANCE OF PCPN......0 percent. TEMPERATURE.........Max 43. RH..................Min 36 percent. DEWPOINT............10 increasing to 20. WIND SHIFT.......... WIND (20 FT)........West winds 6 to 10 mph. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1800 ft AGL increasing to 1000-2800 ft AGL in the afternoon. TRANSPORT WINDS.....Southwest 9 to 18 mph increasing to 12 to 21 mph in the afternoon. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....Poor to good (1700-49500 knot-ft). Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........9 20 31 41 46 51 55 53 51 49 50 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............20 21 23 26 29 33 38 41 43 43 41 38 DEWPOINT........8 9 9 10 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 RH..............59 59 54 50 48 43 38 37 36 39 44 52 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 14 16 17 18 20 21 21 20 16 12 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 VRATE KT-FT/10002 3 6 10 15 23 30 41 50 48 29 10 $$ Forecaster...WISE Requested by...Christopher Crabtree Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1719667.1/SGF .EMAIL christopher.crabtree@dnr.mo.gov