FNUS73 KLSX 190826 FWSLSX Spot Forecast for Crane Lake Field...USFS National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 326 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 19. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Temperatures will be well above normal today through Saturday, and Sunday for location along and south of I-44 in Missouri and south of I-70 in Illinois. Highs will ranges through the 70s to low-80s each of the next three days with cooler temperatures entering northern Missouri and west-central Illinois Sunday. Minimum RH values range from near 30 percent to 45 percent across the region with the lowest values extending from south-central Missouri through southeast Missouri. Light south-southwesterly flow is expected today with speeds around or less than 5 mph. Mixing heights generally range from 3,000 feet to 5,000 feet. Transport winds remain weak over much of the region with poor ventilation rates. The one exception is over southeast Missouri, near and northeast of the Ozarks, where slightly stronger transport winds result in fair ventilation and slightly higher mixing heights that peak just below 6,000 feet. Minimum RH values remain fairly consistent now through the weekend. However, the pick day is likely Friday with slightly better transport winds and some improvement to ventilation. Conditions return to fair/poor categories Saturday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 75. RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 33 percent. Eye level winds.....Calm to light and variable. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise max 5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /390 m/s-m/ at ignition. Max...fair /6720 m/s-m/. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM Sky (%).........65 50 38 17 13 6 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............47 56 66 73 75 73 RH..............71 59 45 35 33 38 20 ft wind......W 1 SW 2 S 2 S 3 S 3 S 3 20 ft wind gust.5 5 8 9 9 8 Eye level wind..W 0 SW 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 Eye lvl wnd gst.2 2 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.5 1.7 3.8 5.4 1.3 Transport wind..NW 9 NW 6 SW 5 SW 7 S 9 S 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 7 23 43 11 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR POOR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Temperature.........Min 49. RH..................Max 93 percent. Eye level winds.....Calm to light and variable. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......Min 300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (380 m/s-m). .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Temperature.........Max 83. RH..................Min 30 percent. Eye level winds.....Calm to light and variable. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......Max 6200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 16 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (280 m/s-m) early in the morning increasing to good max (13570 m/s-m) in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Maples Requested by...Jake Birdsell Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606414.0/LSX .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0