FNUS73 KSGF 191138 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Western StarRX...USDA - Forest Service National Weather Service Springfield MO 638 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on March 19. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at 1-800-762-4363, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Today will feature mostly sunny skies with no chance of precipitation. High temperatures will reach the upper 70s by this afternoon and minimum RH values will get into the 30% range after 12 PM. Winds will start out of the south and then turn southwesterly near 12 PM. Sustained wind speeds will be below 10 mph and wind gusts will be up to 10 mph. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........50 48 45 35 27 18 13 5 5 9 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............51 52 57 60 66 71 72 74 78 79 77 RH..............59 59 53 51 43 39 38 37 31 30 33 20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.9 3.9 4.6 5.2 4.6 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W SW S S S SW SW SW Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 7 8 12 13 14 13 12 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW W SW S S S SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).4 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 3 4 7 12 29 43 55 57 46 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........9 13 31 41 30 31 23 23 24 27 13 11 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............77 73 68 64 62 60 58 57 55 54 52 52 RH..............33 41 47 54 58 62 67 69 74 74 80 83 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 20 FT wind gust.8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.10 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..16 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........10 11 11 9 6 5 4 3 8 14 19 24 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............52 50 52 57 64 70 76 80 83 84 84 83 RH..............83 89 83 75 63 51 42 35 31 29 29 30 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 13 14 14 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.2 5.2 5.4 4.0 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.2 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 9 10 13 14 16 18 18 16 Trans wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 8 8 7 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 4 7 12 23 35 58 83 87 57 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR $$ Forecaster...Soria Requested by...Bennie Terrell Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606336.0/SGF .DELDT 03/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL bennie.terrell@usda.gov