FNUS73 KSGF 190001 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR MARCOOT...USFS MARK TWAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 701 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1845 CDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MOVNG THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BURN SITE...AND ADDTIONAL SHOWERS AND THNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. COOLER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH GOOD NIGHTTIME HUMIDIDTY RECOVERY EXPECTED. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....69 AT REQUEST...MIN 42. MAX HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 81 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 8 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND SHIFT..........NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA BY 8PM. CHANCE OF PRECIP....60 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 4. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............69 63 59 55 53 50 49 47 46 46 45 RH..............45 50 55 59 65 71 77 80 81 80 78 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 10 11 12 14 14 14 12 10 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 25 25 25 25 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 40 40 40 40 40 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 41 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND SHIFT..........NONE CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 17 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV.....CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 44 52 57 RH..............75 80 53 41 20 FT WIND......NE 7G15 NE 6G15 NE 6G15 NE 6G15 MIX HGT (FT)....1000 1400 2700 3800 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 23 NE 21 NE 18 NE 17 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 10 10 0 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...ALBERT REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE ROGERS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090318.MARCO.01/SGF