565 FNUS73 KSGF 280952 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for SE Star and Highway 69...Baxter Springs Fire Department National Weather Service Springfield MO 352 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 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... .REST OF TODAY... Mid level clouds will increase across the area today. Highs will warm into the middle 70s with RH values dropping to around 30% today. Winds will be out of the east to southeast early this morning and will become more southerly by mid day then west to southwesterly this afternoon with gusts up to 30 mph at times. A cold front will move through the region this evening switching winds to the north. Some scattered sprinkles or light rain showers will be possible this morning. As the cold front approaches scattered showers and maybe a few rumbles of thunder will be possible this afternoon into early this evening. Rainfall amounts will be light with his activity today. There could be isolated wind gusts up to 40 mph this afternoon with a few of the showers and any storms that develop but not all locations will be impacted. Additional rainfall will move into the area, and maybe a few rumbles of thunder Sunday afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 13 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 14 mph with gusts to around 26 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Scattered sprinkles early in the morning, then scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 76. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........18 26 41 57 64 55 49 32 26 26 Weather cov..... SCT ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ ISO ISO ISO Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 20 20 30 30 20 20 20 Temp............52 59 64 67 71 74 75 75 75 75 RH..............57 49 44 39 36 33 33 33 33 34 20 FT wind dir..SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 8 10 12 14 14 14 15 13 9 20 FT wind gust.12 16 21 24 25 25 26 25 22 20 .TONIGHT... Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast 6 to 10 mph in the late evening and overnight, then increasing to around 12 mph early in the morning. Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Scattered sprinkles early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 42. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........28 37 40 49 48 39 33 33 31 44 55 55 Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............72 68 63 61 59 56 55 52 50 47 45 45 RH..............39 44 50 53 53 57 53 54 56 58 58 55 20 FT wind dir..SW SW W N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 5 5 6 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 13 20 FT wind gust.13 13 12 15 17 15 22 22 22 22 22 22 $$ Forecaster...Wise Requested by...Lt. Karsten Creech Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2604197.0/SGF .DELDT 02/27/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL baxterspringsfd@gmail.com,karstencreech@gmail.com