FNUS73 KSGF 032134 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR ONION 1...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 334 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1517 CST ON MARCH 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET. AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER INTO THE 40S BY LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MORE WEST WITH TIME. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 AT REQUEST...MAX 50. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 21 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 5. TIME (CST) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 49 47 RH..............22 21 24 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 29. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........WINDS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY WITH TIME. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............45 42 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 33 32 31 RH..............29 33 37 40 43 46 49 53 56 59 60 60 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST BY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............31 36 46 54 58 58 RH..............60 54 41 31 28 30 20 FT WIND......W 4 SW 5 SW 8 W 11 W 14 W 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 25 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...BOXELL REQUESTED BY...KATHY MILES TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120303.ONION.01/SGF