FNUS73 KSGF 090046 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BLAIR...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 746 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1924 CDT ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH ON MONDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...BRINGING THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS TO OUR SOUTH BACK INTO THE OZARKS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....63 AT REQUEST...MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 58 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. WIND SHIFT..........GRADUAL SHIFT TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS LIGHT VARIABLE AT TIMES. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL AT REQUEST...MAXIMUM N/A DECREASING TO N/A LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 58 52 48 46 44 RH..............26 31 39 47 53 58 20 FT WIND......W 5 NW 2 N 2 E 2 E 2 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 1600 700 200 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..W 22 W 16 W 12 W 9 SW 12 S 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 5 5 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 51 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....50 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 32 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............43 43 50 57 62 65 RH..............62 73 67 58 53 51 20 FT WIND......E 4 SE 5 SE 7 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....200 300 500 900 1000 1000 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 17 SE 21 SE 23 S 25 S 28 S 31 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 40 40 40 60 60 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...FOSTER REQUESTED BY...REGGIE BRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090308.BLAIR.01/SGF