506 FNUS73 KSGF 280938 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Preushch Smith RX...US Forest Service National Weather Service Springfield MO 338 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 28. 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... Southeasterly winds will occur early this morning and will become more southerly by mid day then southwesterly this afternoon and could be westerly at times later this afternoon. Wind will generally be around 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph at times. Highs will warm into the lower to middle 70s with afternoon RH values around 30%, but if more sun can occur RH values as low as 25% could be possible. Mid level clouds will increase across the area today but there could be a few breaks in the clouds at times. Some sprinkles will be possible this morning then some scattered showers will be possible this afternoon into this evening ahead of a cold front, but not all locations will be impacted, and rainfall amounts will be light. There could be isolated gusts up to 40 mph with a few of the showers this afternoon and evening. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........39 44 47 51 61 65 68 61 76 Weather cov.....SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 40 Temp............55 59 63 68 71 73 73 72 71 RH..............41 37 34 32 30 30 30 31 34 20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 7 20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 17 17 20 21 18 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.7 2.5 3.5 4.8 6.2 7.6 5.1 2.2 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.3 1.6 0.7 Transp wind dir.SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.15 14 13 16 17 18 17 16 12 Trans wind dir..SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).7 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..12 20 27 49 72 99 114 72 22 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD GD PR .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........60 50 44 45 41 28 34 31 32 29 38 36 Weather cov.....ISO ISO SCT Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............68 64 62 59 56 54 52 49 46 42 39 38 RH..............36 43 48 53 57 64 56 56 58 60 62 57 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W NW NW N N N N N NE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.10 9 10 9 15 15 16 15 17 16 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.SW SW W W NW N N N N N NE NE Transp wind spd.12 10 12 12 13 13 16 17 16 16 17 17 Trans wind dir..SW SW W W NW N N N N N NE NE Trans spd (m/s).5 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 8 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 7 8 10 11 12 16 17 15 15 17 17 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 72 76 80 81 82 83 85 88 90 91 92 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 40 40 40 40 Temp............37 37 38 40 43 46 49 51 52 52 51 49 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E 20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 $$ Forecaster...Wise Requested by...Sonny Caldwell Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604260.0/SGF .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL sonny.caldwell@usda.gov