272 FNUS73 KSGF 301229 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Rice Unit...MO DNR National Weather Service Springfield MO 629 AM CST Tue Dec 30 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on December 30. 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... A dry airmass will be in place over the Ozarks today. With low dewpoints, afternoon RH values will fall into the 20 to 30 percent range. Winds will be rather light at 5 to 10 mph from the west to southwest. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........3 5 6 10 7 7 14 20 20 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............23 29 34 37 40 42 44 43 42 RH..............62 48 38 34 31 32 30 32 34 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 9 10 12 13 13 13 12 10 20 FT wind gust.12 15 16 17 20 21 21 21 17 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.4 0.6 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W SW SW Transp wind spd.10 12 14 16 18 21 21 18 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 10 15 21 27 33 34 22 8 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........13 10 15 16 20 15 17 11 7 5 5 5 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............39 37 36 36 35 33 32 31 31 30 30 29 RH..............39 44 45 45 47 53 58 63 63 69 69 75 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 10 12 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.17 17 16 16 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............28 27 29 33 37 41 45 48 51 51 50 47 RH..............78 85 81 72 67 59 60 58 52 52 54 60 20 FT wind dir..NW W W W W W W W W W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 8 20 FT wind gust.10 9 8 8 8 9 12 14 15 15 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.8 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W SW Transp wind spd.10 8 7 6 6 7 9 13 15 17 17 16 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 2 2 3 6 11 18 23 26 20 11 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Hatch Requested by...C. Crabtree Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2528133.0/SGF .DELDT 12/30/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Christopher.Crabtree@dnr.mo.gov