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Spot Forecast for WKT-MK_3E/3W...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Springfield MO
419 AM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on September 19.
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...

Humidity will be comfortable today in the 40-60% range, though
winds will be a bit higher today in the 10-15 mph range with gusts
up to 20 mph (occasionally up to 25 mph). Mixing heights and
ventilation rate will generally be poor during the early morning
hours, become better after 11 AM or so.

There is a 15-40% chance of isolated to scattered showers and
thunderstorms this evening with the earliest time of arrival
around 5-6 PM. The best chance, however, is between 7 and 11 PM.
There is also a 5-15% chance that any thunderstorm could become
severe with wind gusts up to 60 mph and hail up to half dollar
size during this timeframe.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   9   16  24  21  23  25  25  20  12  11  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   10
Temp............72  70  73  76  81  85  88  91  92  93  93  93
RH..............76  81  77  75  62  57  53  49  47  46  46  44
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.15  15  16  18  18  18  17  17  17  17  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.9 5.1 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  18  18  18  18  17  17  17  17  18
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   5   5   18  31  43  62  77  90  96  98  99
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17  34  42  50  43  34  22  26  21  13  6   5
Weather cov.....SCH     SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW      RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH     SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  20  30  30  20  20  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............92  88  84  81  80  78  77  77  75  74  73  72
RH..............46  52  59  67  72  76  79  79  82  84  87  87
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.16  15  14  15  15  15  15  15  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.18  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  14  13  14  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Trans spd (m/s).8   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   5
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..86  8   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   5   4
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  23  27  25  27  30  27  23  20  16  13  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  71  73  76  80  83  87  90  92  94  94  93
RH..............87  90  87  82  74  67  60  52  45  40  39  39
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14  13  13  12  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.3 4.1 4.8 4.8 3.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.2
Transp wind dir.SW  S   SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.12  9   10  14  14  12  10  9   9   9   9   9
Trans wind dir..SW  S   SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Trans spd (m/s).5   4   4   6   6   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   3   4   14  22  23  25  27  33  38  38  31
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Price
Requested by...Ryan Gauger
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2422695.0/SGF
.DELDT 09/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rgauger@tnc.org