Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
283 FNUS73 KSGF 221610 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Busiek Purple Trail Burn Unit...MO Dept of Conservation National Weather Service Springfield MO 1010 AM CST Thu Jan 22 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 CST on January 23. 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... For Friday, look for temperatures in the 20s with wind chills around 10 degrees. Minimum RH values will drop to around 20% later in the day. Look for winds out of the NE at 10-15 mph gusting to 20-25 mph. Widespread significant snowfall is expected Friday night through the rest of the weekend. .REST OF TONIGHT... TIME (CST) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........63 50 44 41 35 32 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............30 29 28 27 25 24 RH..............53 53 53 53 60 60 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..2 3 6 6 8 10 20 FT wind gust.9 10 13 15 17 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 Transp wind dir.E NE NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.10 10 10 13 16 18 Trans wind dir..E NE NE NE NE NE Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 6 7 8 Haines index....M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 5 6 11 17 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........27 25 29 45 48 53 62 56 60 57 73 82 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 Temp............22 20 20 21 22 24 24 25 25 25 25 22 RH..............62 62 56 47 39 33 30 26 26 24 22 24 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 10 20 FT wind gust.22 22 22 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 Mix hgt (km)....0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E Transp wind spd.21 22 24 23 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 Trans wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E Trans spd (m/s).9 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..23 29 41 39 41 45 46 45 46 45 45 44 Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR .FRIDAY NIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........76 87 90 92 93 95 96 96 95 95 95 96 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 90 90 90 90 90 90 Temp............20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 RH..............25 26 26 26 28 33 39 50 63 76 80 80 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.21 21 20 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 Mix hgt (km)....0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.20 21 21 20 20 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E Trans spd (m/s).9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 42 41 39 38 35 34 34 35 35 34 33 Ventrate Cat....FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SATURDAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........96 96 96 96 96 95 95 95 94 94 93 92 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 90 90 90 Temp............7 7 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 RH..............79 85 91 96 96 94 91 89 86 84 83 83 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT wind gust.18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 Mix hgt (km)....0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE Transp wind spd.20 20 18 17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 Trans wind dir..E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE Trans spd (m/s).9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..33 32 31 29 28 26 24 24 24 23 23 23 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Titus Requested by...District Supervisor Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2600811.0/SGF .DELDT 01/21/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL PAUL.JOHNSON@MDC.MO.GOV