FNUS73 KSGF 072353 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN COUNTY WILDFIRE...GREENE COUNTY OEM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 653 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1832 CDT ON AUGUST 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MIDDLE 90S WITH HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO THE LOWER 80S BY 10 PM THIS EVENING WITH HUMIDITIES INCREASING TO ABOVE 40 PERCENT. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO COOL INTO THE UPPER 60S WITH OVERNIGHT MAXIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES OVER 70 PERCENT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL THEN BE MORE SOUTHERLY BUT STILL ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BUT DRY CONDITIONS WILL STILL PREVAIL AS HUMIDITIES DROP TO NEAR 30 PERCENT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO WIND SHIFTS OR ANY INCREASE IN WINDS...BESIDES NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....96 AT REQUEST...MIN 70. MAX HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 70 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 2 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 6. MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL AT REQUEST...MAXIMUM N/A DECREASING TO N/A. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............96 92 82 78 75 72 RH..............23 33 45 53 59 66 20 FT WIND......S 1 S 3 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....7200 4500 300 BLW100 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 SE 10 SE 13 S 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 96. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............70 77 85 90 94 96 RH..............73 62 51 42 37 33 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 5 S 5 S 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1000 3000 4300 6300 8500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 17 S 14 SW 10 SW 9 SW 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 30 30 HAINES INDEX....6 6 5 4 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...WISE REQUESTED BY...NWS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120807.GREEN.01/SGF