FNUS73 KSGF 241844 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR WISHART WILDFIRE REKINDLE...POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 144 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1303 CDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE SOME THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGHS WARM TO NEAR 90 DEGREES WITH HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL THEN COOL INTO THE UPPER 60S WITH OVERNIGHT MAXIMUM HUMIDITIES RECOVERING TO OVER 60 PERCENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING AT TIMES INTO SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....87 AT REQUEST...MAX 89. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 25 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL AT REQUEST...MAXIMUM 7300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............86 88 87 RH..............32 27 25 20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 7 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....6100 6600 7300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 15 S 17 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 67. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 68 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............85 81 76 73 72 70 RH..............27 37 52 58 62 66 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....7500 4800 200 BLW100 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 17 S 20 S 22 S 24 S 24 S 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...WISE REQUESTED BY...ROBERT DICKSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120824.WISHA.01/SGF