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Spot Forecast for Hunkah Rx...MO Dept Natural Resources
National Weather Service Springfield MO
544 AM CST Fri Nov 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on November 22.
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...

Light northwest winds will occur today with speeds at or below 10kts.
Clear skies are expected with a few passing high clouds. Afternoon humidity
values should drop close to 45 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........35 at ignition...Max 51.
RH..................75 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2000 ft
                    AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1100 meters AGL at ignition...otherwise 122-610
                    meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 9 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest 1 to 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /7400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /14100 knot-ft/.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth at ignition...max 4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   4   2   1   3   12  17  18  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............35  38  41  45  47  49  50  51  48
RH..............75  70  65  55  51  50  48  46  51
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   6   5   6   6   6   5   3   2
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  9   9   8   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   8   8   8   7   7   3
Trans wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   1
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7   13  14  13  13  14  12  10  1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 30.
RH..................Max 88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 6 mph shifting to the south 3 to 8
                    mph early in the evening.
Transport winds m/s.South 1 to 4 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........41  35  11  2   2   2   7   1   4   4   8   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  43  39  37  36  35  34  33  33  32  31  31
RH..............58  62  73  75  79  82  82  85  82  85  85  85
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.3   3   2   2   2   3   5   5   6   6   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   3   3   3   5   5   6   6   7   7   8   8
Trans wind dir..W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   1   1   1   2   2   3   3   3   3   4   4
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 60.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-488 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 8 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (23700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or 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 (%).........7   15  24  22  25  27  28  22  17  11  13  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............31  30  33  40  45  50  55  58  60  60  58  56
RH..............85  88  85  73  63  54  45  41  39  41  45  52
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  12  13  15  16  17  18  20  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.2 0.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  12  14  15  16  17  17  17  17  16
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   7
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   3   3   4   10  15  19  23  24  23  19  12
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Burchfield
Requested by...Andrew Braun
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2427208.0/SGF
.DELDT 11/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL andrew.braun@dnr.mo.gov