FNUS73 KEAX 231155 FWSEAX Spot Forecast for Coreopsis...USFWS National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 655 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 23. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at 1-800-438-0596, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Current conditions near the burn site are a temperature of 57 degrees, a RH of 65 percent, and south southwesterly winds around 7 mph. Winds will turn more southwesterly and increase up to around 15 mph as the morning progresses. A cold front will move through in the noon to 1 pm time frame, turning winds to northwesterly, with gusts up to 25 mph. Minimum afternoon RH should drop to around 35 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms through the day. CWR.................7 percent. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west 10 to 13 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the northwest 9 to 10 mph early in the afternoon shifting to the north around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 23 mph shifting to the north 13 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........59 55 63 55 80 73 75 69 65 44 46 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CWR.............10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 Temp............53 55 58 64 66 67 68 69 71 72 72 RH..............66 66 64 56 54 54 52 51 46 41 39 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW W W NW NW N N N 20 FT wind spd..18 20 16 15 13 10 10 9 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.26 30 24 23 18 15 15 14 15 14 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.4 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.0 2.9 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W NW NW N N N Transp wind spd.18 20 22 23 21 17 14 14 15 15 13 Haines index....3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................1 percent. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........28 24 34 23 8 9 12 16 26 16 17 26 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............73 71 68 62 59 56 54 52 51 50 47 47 RH..............37 36 39 46 51 53 54 56 59 58 65 63 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 6 20 FT wind gust.14 13 12 12 13 12 12 10 10 12 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 Transp wind dir.N N N N NW N N N N NE NE NE Transp wind spd.10 8 8 8 8 8 10 13 13 13 13 13 Haines index....4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). CWR.................3 percent. Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east 7 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 14 mph shifting to the east around 8 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........44 50 44 54 35 31 26 21 22 23 24 28 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............47 46 49 53 59 64 66 68 69 70 71 70 RH..............63 65 63 59 51 43 40 36 35 32 31 32 20 FT wind dir..N N NE NE E E E NE E E E E 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.10 9 10 10 13 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.0 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.3 4.4 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.14 13 13 13 13 12 9 8 8 8 8 8 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ Forecaster...Williams Requested by...Deon Steinle Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2411923.0/EAX .DELDT 04/23/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL deon_steinle@fws.gov