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Spot Forecast for Bluff Springs Unit 2...MO Dept of Conservation
National Weather Service Springfield MO
504 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 CDT on April 17.
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...

Skies will be partly cloudy through the rest of the evening with
south-southwesterly winds remaining elevated through the night
gusting up to 35 mph with sustained winds near 15-18 mph. Wind
speeds and direction will remain mostly the same through most of
the day Friday as well. No rain is expected this evening through
Friday morning. Minimum relative humidity values will be 45-50%
through tonight and 50-55% for Friday morning as a moist airmass
settles in for the weekend.

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........36  45  45  36  53  48  38  23  26  25  35  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............81  79  78  76  74  74  74  73  72  72  70  70
RH..............51  54  56  60  64  62  62  62  64  64  68  68
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..20  16  16  15  17  16  17  18  18  18  18  18
20 FT wind gust.33  32  32  32  32  35  33  33  35  36  35  36
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8
Mix hgt (km)....1.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.32  25  23  24  25  26  28  28  28  26  26  28
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).14  11  10  11  11  12  13  13  13  12  12  13
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..98  25  11  12  13  15  16  13  12  12  13  19
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........48     52     62     78     85     86
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      10     10     30     40
Temp............69     70     74     77     78     78
RH..............70     68     64     60     60     60
20 ft wind......S 17   S 17   SW 17  SW 18  SW 16  SW 16
20 ft wind gust.33     35     33     32     29     29
Mix hgt (ft)....700    1000   2700   3500   3400   2200
Mix hgt (m).....210    300    820    1070   1040   670
Transport wind..SW 26  SW 26  SW 31  SW 31  SW 29  SW 26
Tran wind (m/s).SW 12  SW 12  SW 14  SW 14  SW 13  SW 12
Haines index....M      M      M      M      M      M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15     22     74     95     84     51
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   FAIR

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........84  86  80  82  80  85  89  94  95  95  96  94
Weather cov.....CHC 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 LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).50  90  90  90  90  90  90  100 100 100 100 100
Temp............78  78  75  71  68  65  63  61  60  59  58  57
RH..............56  54  58  64  70  77  82  87  90  92  93  94
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  E   NE
20 FT wind spd..15  14  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.29  24  22  20  17  16  15  15  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.25  18  15  14  15  14  13  13  14  16  16  15
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  S   SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Trans spd (m/s).11  8   7   6   7   6   6   6   6   7   7   7
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..49  16  10  8   10  9   9   10  12  15  15  13
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92  91  90  90  89  90  90  91  91  92  92  92
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........LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90  90  90  90  90
Temp............56  55  55  55  56  56  56  56  56  56  56  56
RH..............95  96  96  93  93  96  96  96  96  96  93  90
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  16  16  17  18  18  18  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  14  15  14
Trans wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE
Trans spd (m/s).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   7   6
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   10  11  12  12  12  12  12  15  18  21  18
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Soria
Requested by...Trent Jones
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510307.2/SGF
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL trenton.jones@mdc.mo.gov