Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO

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FNUS73 KEAX 170919
FWSEAX

Spot Forecast for Long Branch Lake...USACE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
419 AM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on September 17.
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...

Light southerly to southeasterly winds expected today with peak
winds generally below 10 mph. Minimum afternoon humidity values
will fall to around 40%.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 8 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  28  21  12  11  11  16  19  16  18  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............61  63  68  75  79  82  84  85  86  87  85
RH..............99  100 89  75  64  57  49  46  43  41  42
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   6   7   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.6 1.4 3.2 5.0 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.4 5.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.5   3   5   6   8   8   8   7   7   7   8
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Bowman
Requested by...Ryan Spry
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2422585.0/EAX
.DELDT 09/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ryan.c.spry@usace.army.mil