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Spot Forecast for Office Glade Burn Unit...State Parks
National Weather Service Hastings NE
507 PM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low on Wednesday due to very
light winds.

Dry conditions are expected on Wednesday, with partly cloudy
skies in the morning giving way to mainly clear skies by the
afternoon. Dry air will remain in place through the daytime hours,
so relative humidity values will start off around 70-80%, but
quickly drop to 20-25% by mid to late afternoon. As mentioned
above, winds will remain light through the entire day. Wind
direction will be variable through the morning, but then
potentially become mainly NErly to Erly during the afternoon.
Light and variable winds persist through Wednesday night.

Fire weather concerns increase on Thursday as winds pick up out
of the south.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........37 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................85 percent at ignition...Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph shifting to the northeast 7
                    to 8 mph early in the afternoon, then shifting
                    to the east around 8 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  24  29  34  39  40  41  44  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............37  45  53  60  64  67  71  73  73
RH..............85  68  52  42  35  30  26  23  22
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  N   NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   8   10  12  13  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.8 4.5 4.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  N   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Min 38.
RH..................Max 73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 8 mph overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48  47  36  25  17  8   6   4   4   4   4   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  70  62  58  54  53  51  48  45  44  42  40
RH..............22  24  31  36  43  46  50  56  60  60  65  70
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  9   8   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...4.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   7   7   6   7   7   8   8   8   8

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 14 mph with
                    gusts to around 28 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 21 to 25 mph in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   2   2   2   2   4   5   7   6   5   4   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............38  38  40  44  51  58  66  72  75  77  77  77
RH..............73  73  70  65  52  42  33  27  24  22  22  22
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   5   8   10  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   6   7   10  14  18  22  25  28  28
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.4 3.4 4.7 5.8 6.0 4.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   9   12  14  17  21  23  25  25  24

$$
Forecaster...Thies
Requested by...Joshua Greer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505996.0/GID
.DELDT 03/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Joshua.Greer@dnr.mo.gov,brian.miller@dnr.mo.gov