979 FNUS73 KSGF 040022 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Basin...USDA - Forest Service National Weather Service Springfield MO 622 PM CST Mon Mar 3 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CST on March 03. 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. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... .DISCUSSION... Despite cloud cover and RH's above 50 percent, winds will be rather gusty from the south. Winds on east/west ridge tops will see impacts and potential increased gust, while north/south and southeast/northwest oriented valleys and draws will experience funneling effect. By Tuesday morning, a line of storms is forecast to approach with rainfall, that could be heavy at times will move into the region. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Chance of thunderstorms overnight. Chance of rain showers overnight. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Min temperature.....Around 51. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 13 to 14 mph with gusts to around 36 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...244-366 meters AGL. Transport winds.....South 20 to 23 mph. Transport winds m/s.South 9 to 10 meters/second. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13700 knot-ft). Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.25 inches. TIME (CST) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........90 86 89 89 91 94 92 93 94 95 94 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 20 40 50 50 50 Temp............58 57 57 56 55 55 54 54 54 53 53 RH..............52 54 57 60 63 66 69 71 74 83 83 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..13 13 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 20 FT wind gust.30 30 33 35 33 36 32 32 33 33 32 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 23 20 22 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..17 15 14 17 20 21 21 23 22 21 25 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Rain showers through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Chance of pcpn......100 percent. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 15 mph with gusts to around 36 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...335-914 meters AGL. Transport winds.....South 22 to 29 mph shifting to the southwest 17 to 22 mph late in the afternoon. Transport winds m/s.South 8 to 11 meters/second shifting to the southeast 10 to 13 meters/second late in the morning, then shifting to the southwest 8 to 10 meters/second late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (62600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.66 inches. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........96 98 95 96 97 97 94 90 83 66 49 46 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 80 80 80 80 80 80 Temp............53 51 52 54 55 55 56 58 58 60 59 60 RH..............86 93 93 90 90 93 90 83 83 78 69 64 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..14 15 15 16 15 15 16 16 15 14 14 14 20 FT wind gust.30 33 33 35 35 36 35 32 31 30 28 26 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.9 3.0 1.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S SE SE SE S S S SW SW Transp wind spd.22 22 24 25 25 29 28 23 18 17 22 18 Trans wind dir..S S S S SE SE SE S S S SW SW Trans spd (m/s).10 10 11 11 11 13 13 10 8 8 10 8 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..25 34 38 45 49 50 51 59 63 60 47 30 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR GD FR FR PR .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers and snow showers likely overnight. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Min temperature.....Around 34. Max humidity........85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 15 mph with gusts to around 31 mph shifting to the west 17 to 23 mph with gusts to around 40 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...274-823 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 25 mph increasing to west 28 to 37 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the northwest around 38 mph early in the morning. Transport winds m/s.Southwest 8 to 11 meters/second increasing to west 13 to 17 meters/second late in the evening, then shifting to the northwest around 17 meters/second early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (75400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (11900 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.08 inches. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........43 63 59 69 70 78 90 94 93 92 91 93 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RS RS RS Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 70 70 70 70 70 70 Temp............59 56 54 52 50 48 46 43 40 37 36 35 RH..............60 64 66 66 74 77 76 76 82 85 85 82 20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..13 14 14 15 15 16 18 21 22 24 24 25 20 FT wind gust.25 26 28 29 31 29 35 37 38 38 39 40 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.18 17 17 18 25 28 28 30 33 36 37 38 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NW Trans spd (m/s).8 8 8 8 11 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 13 12 15 27 49 67 70 62 59 64 75 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR GD GD .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 41. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 18 to 23 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to 33 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...853-1341 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 33 to 40 mph decreasing to around 29 mph late in the afternoon. Transport winds m/s.Northwest 15 to 18 meters/second decreasing to around 13 meters/second late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (67500 knot-ft). Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........94 94 93 93 87 87 86 83 78 69 56 40 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............34 34 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 41 41 RH..............85 82 78 75 72 67 64 62 59 55 53 50 20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..25 25 25 25 24 24 23 22 22 22 21 21 20 FT wind gust.45 45 44 43 41 41 40 40 39 38 36 33 Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.1 Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.39 40 40 40 40 40 39 39 38 37 33 29 Trans wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Trans spd (m/s).17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 15 13 Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..92 99 107 114 116 122 123 135 144 137 102 68 Ventrate Cat....GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD $$ Forecaster...Hatch Requested by...Charlene Rogers Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2504830.0/SGF .DELDT 03/03/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL momoc.dispatch@usda.gov