FNUS73 KSGF 042323 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR CLIFTY CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 523 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1705 CST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING... WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...THOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 50S AFTER SUNSET...FALLING INTO THE 40S AND EVENTUALLY 30S OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN RH VALUES RECOVERING QUITE RAPIDLY AFTER MID EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ON MONDAY...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....57 AT REQUEST...MIN 29. MAX HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 74 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 54 51 48 47 45 44 41 38 34 32 31 RH..............29 32 37 43 46 48 51 55 61 67 71 74 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 7 6 4 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 10 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 57. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 29 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........TURNING TO THE SOUTH BY MIDDAY. 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 MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............29 32 40 49 55 55 RH..............77 69 51 35 29 31 20 FT WIND......NW 2 N 2 NE 2 S 2 S 5 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BOXELL REQUESTED BY...KATHY MILES TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120304.CLIFT.01/SGF