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Spot Forecast for WKT-MK1NE/NW...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Springfield MO
639 AM CDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 16.
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
southeast wind gusts up to around 20 mph will occur
from mid morning through the afternoon hours. Mostly
sunny skies will occur this morning into this afternoon
with high level cloud increasing this evening and tonight.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   1   2   4   7   19  32  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  75  78  81  83  84  84  82
RH..............66  56  50  42  38  36  34  37
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  12  12  12  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.20  18  20  18  18  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.0 3.0 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.1 3.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.17  17  18  18  18  18  20  18
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   8   8   8   8   9   8
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20  31  48  59  65  70  70  55
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  FR

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........52  61  67  61  53  64  63  69  76  81  81  76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............80  76  70  69  70  69  67  68  67  66  65  64
RH..............41  45  59  61  59  61  65  63  65  68  70  75
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.20  15  16  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 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   S
Transp wind spd.14  13  14  14  15  15  15  17  16  16  16  16
Trans wind dir..S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   7   7   7   7
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12  6   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
Ventrate Cat....PR  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 (%).........66  56  48  47  45  42  39  36  31  26  21  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  64  63  67  72  77  80  82  83  84  84  82
RH..............75  75  78  70  64  56  51  47  46  44  44  47
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   9   10  12  12  13  13  14  14  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.18  17  18  21  22  22  22  22  22  22  22  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.7 3.2 4.9 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  16  16  17  20  21  22  23  23  22  21  18
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).7   7   7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  9   8
Haines index....M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   6   6   13  28  57  93  126 140 133 114 80
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  VGD VGD VGD VGD GD

$$
Forecaster...Wise
Requested by...Ryan Gauger
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523721.0/SGF
.DELDT 10/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rgauger@tnc.org