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Spot Forecast for Little Lost Creek CA comp 4 stand 47...Missouri Department of Conservation
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
520 AM CDT Tue Sep 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on September 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the
National Weather Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions are expected once again today with highs
climbing well into the 80s. Winds may approach 5 mph through peak
diurnal heating between 12PM-6PM with light and variable surface
winds throughout much of the day. Minimum relative humidity values
are expect to be 30-35%. However, slightly lower values are possible
considering recent dry days and warmth leading to drying of soils.
Mixing heights peak close to 7,400 feet with fair ventilation rates
this afternoon.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........69 at ignition...Max 88.
RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light and variable. Light and variable winds are expected
through much of the day.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 2 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise max 7400 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /200 m/s-m/ at ignition. Max...good /8110
                    m/s-m/.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
Sky (%).........6      16     14     13     17     21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............69     80     86     87     85     79
RH..............68     47     37     34     36     44
20 ft wind......NE 2   NE 3   NE 3   NE 4   NE 4   NE 2
20 ft wind gust.5      6      8      8      7      5
Eye level wind..NE 1   NE 1   NE 1   NE 2   NE 2   NE 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.2      3      4      4      3      2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4    2.7    7.2    7.4    6.4    0.3
Transport wind..NE 3   E 6    E 8    E 8    E 9    NE 7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1      14     51     52     51     2
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Min 58.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Eye level winds.....Calm/light and variable.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......Min 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (300 m/s-m).

$$
Forecaster...Maples
Requested by...Jeff Bakameyer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2522737.0/LSX
.DELDT 09/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0