FNUS73 KLSX 190912 FWSLSX Spot Forecast for Buford Mountain & Hargiss...Missouri Dept Conservation National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 412 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 quickly warm into the mid 70s today beneath mostly clear skies. Winds will remain weak, which will tend to cause them to be variable. Generally, though, they are expected to be out of the south-southwest. Winds will remain weak through tonight, strengthening Friday morning and shifting to out of the west. Mostly clear skies will lead to another day of well above normal temperatures. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of thunder...3 percent. Temperature.........49 at ignition...Max 75. RH..................66 percent at ignition...Min 33 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Adjustment factor of 0.3 used. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise max 5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 5 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /440 m/s-m/ at ignition. Max...fair /7160 m/s-m/. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM Sky (%).........62 75 57 44 39 29 19 15 9 11 9 11 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 52 58 64 68 71 74 74 75 75 73 69 RH..............66 63 57 48 42 38 34 34 33 34 38 44 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Eye lvl wnd gst.3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.5 1.4 2.4 3.7 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.1 1.0 0.3 Transp wind dir.NW W W W SW SW SW SW S S S S Transp wind spd.9 7 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 9 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 2 7 12 22 30 38 46 41 8 3 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of thunder...2 percent. Temperature.........Min 51. RH..................Max 83 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Adjustment factor of 0.3 used. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......Min 300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (390 m/s-m). .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Chance of thunder...2 percent. Temperature.........Max 83. RH..................Min 31 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Adjustment factor of 0.3 used. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Max 5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 8 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (440 m/s-m) early in the morning increasing to good max (13750 m/s-m) in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Elmore Requested by...Alexis Kiepe Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606387.0/LSX .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0