FNUS73 KSGF 160108 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 808 PM CDT FRI MAR 15 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RISE. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY BRINGING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY BUT RAINFALL WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL LATER SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 52. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 72 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 69 64 60 58 56 RH..............29 36 47 58 66 70 20 FT WIND......W 8 SW 8 SW 8 SW 8 SW 7 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 20 15 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 2800 600 400 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 39 SW 44 SW 45 SW 43 SW 39 W 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT IGNITION...MAX 65. MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 56 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AROUND NOON. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAXIMUM 2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 22 TO 29 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 53 57 61 63 63 RH..............76 78 72 64 58 56 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 3 NW 3 N 4 NE 5 NE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (FT)....400 600 1100 2300 3100 3500 TRANSPORT WIND..W 29 W 22 N 15 NE 10 NE 12 NE 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....6 4 3 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...FOSTER REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE NAZARENKO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130316.ROCKC.01/SGF