943
FNUS73 KSGF 092257
FWSSGF

Spot Forecast for Preston Fire...Emergency Management
National Weather Service Springfield MO
557 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on March 09.
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...

For the rest of today, clear skies will persist. Winds are currently
out of the northwest but will slowly shift out of the southwest by
midnight tonight. Sustained winds will be between 5-10 mph
gusting to around 12 mph at times. Minimum RHs will drop down
into the 15 to 20% range for the rest of the afternoon and
evening hours.

It`s worth noting that RH recovery tonight is quite poor,
with the max RH being 40-50%. Though, southwesterly winds
remain light tonight with sustained values of 5 mph with gusts
up to 12 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-1006 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 3 to 6 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (30000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   2   1   1   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  55  51  48  46  44  43  42  41  41  39  39
RH..............17  21  23  27  32  38  43  48  50  53  57  57
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   5   5   5   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   9   9   10  12  12  13  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 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   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  7   8   7   8   9   9   12  12  13  13  13
Trans wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Trans spd (m/s).4   3   4   3   4   4   4   5   5   6   6   6
Haines index....6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..30  3   3   2   2   3   3   3   3   4   4   4
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91-1189 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 22 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.West 5 to 9 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (69500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   3   2   1   0   1   2   1   2   2   1   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............38  38  39  43  51  57  63  68  70  72  73  72
RH..............59  59  54  51  42  40  35  29  28  26  25  27
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   8   9   12  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  15  15  16  16  16  17  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.13  13  12  12  12  13  15  17  20  20  21  22
Trans wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   9   10
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   4   3   4   6   12  23  41  59  65  70  64
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph
                    in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...61-457 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 18 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 7 to 8 meters/second.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (22100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   2   2   1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  67  62  60  58  57  55  54  53  51  50  48
RH..............29  33  38  41  45  47  51  52  57  61  58  63
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  12  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.18  17  18  20  21  22  23  23  23  22  21  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.17  15  15  17  18  18  18  17  17  16  16  15
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).8   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..22  6   3   4   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   5
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...Soria
Requested by...Dan Wisdom
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2505477.0/SGF
.DELDT 03/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL danwisdom1960@yahoo.com