Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
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469 FNUS73 KSGF 171022 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for WKT-MK1NE/NW...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Springfield MO 522 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 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... Above normal temperatures will continue today as highs warm into the 80s this afternoon. South to southwest wind gusts up to around 25 mph will occur from mid morning through the afternoon hours. Partly sunny skies will occur this morning into this afternoon with clouds increasing tonight as showers and thunderstorms are expected by early Saturday morning. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........48 45 54 50 44 27 7 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............73 77 80 81 82 83 82 81 RH..............64 58 52 53 51 49 51 53 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW S S S 20 FT wind spd..12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 FT wind gust.22 22 23 22 22 23 23 22 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 3.2 4.9 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.0 Mix hgt (km)....0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.5 Transp wind dir.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.20 21 22 23 23 22 21 18 Trans wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 Haines index....M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..28 57 93 126 140 133 114 80 Ventrate Cat....PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 11 12 15 10 14 11 18 31 55 61 72 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 60 70 Temp............80 75 72 71 71 71 71 70 69 68 68 66 RH..............54 64 71 73 73 71 71 76 78 81 81 90 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..13 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.21 20 20 21 21 21 20 18 18 20 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Transp wind spd.16 15 16 16 16 18 18 17 17 16 16 15 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 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 (%).........73 74 74 66 72 58 67 75 70 66 61 60 Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).60 70 70 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 60 Temp............66 65 64 66 68 72 74 74 75 75 75 73 RH..............90 97 97 97 100 87 82 79 74 71 69 71 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.18 18 20 20 18 18 17 17 17 16 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.6 2.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.8 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W Transp wind spd.14 15 16 17 18 18 17 17 20 22 23 21 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W Trans spd (m/s).6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 9 14 22 34 40 45 58 70 72 49 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD FR $$ Forecaster...Soria Requested by...Ryan Gauger Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2523721.0/SGF .DELDT 10/17/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL rgauger@tnc.org