864 FNUS73 KSGF 281924 FWSSGF Spot Forecast for Buck...FS National Weather Service Springfield MO 124 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 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... West to southwest winds will continue through the afternoon around 5 to 10 mph with an occasional gust up to 15 mph. Scattered light rain showers will be possible this afternoon into the early evening. Lowest humidity levels will dip down to around 25%. By late evening, a cold front will push through and winds will become northerly at 5 to 15 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. Slight chance of showers late in the afternoon, then chance of showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...427-1585 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 15 mph. Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 7 meters/second. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (62000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........MISSING. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........69 81 59 82 Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 20 30 Temp............72 73 72 70 RH..............25 25 27 30 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 13 Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 5.2 3.6 1.4 Mix hgt (km)....1.3 1.6 1.1 0.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.15 14 12 8 Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW Trans spd (m/s).7 6 5 4 Haines index....M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..55 62 36 10 Ventrate Cat....FR GD PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Min temperature.....Around 36. Max humidity........71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the southwest early in the evening shifting to the northwest around 6 mph late in the evening shifting to the north 6 to 7 mph with gusts to around 22 mph. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...91-274 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph shifting to the northwest around 6 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the southwest around 7 mph early in the evening shifting to the northwest 7 to 9 mph late in the evening shifting to the north 13 to 18 mph. Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 3 meters/second shifting to the northwest early in the evening, then shifting to the southwest early in the evening shifting to the northwest 3 to 4 meters/second late in the evening shifting to the north 6 to 8 meters/second. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........MISSING. Pcpn amount.........0.03 inches. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........86 79 64 45 42 40 41 46 39 21 37 54 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 20 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 Temp............68 64 60 58 56 53 51 48 45 43 41 38 RH..............36 43 55 62 64 69 68 71 68 65 67 70 20 FT wind dir..SW W SW SW NW N N N N N NE NE 20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 12 13 13 16 18 18 22 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.SW NW SW NW NW N N N N N NE NE Transp wind spd.7 6 7 7 7 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 Trans wind dir..SW NW SW NW NW N N N N N NE NE Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 7 7 8 8 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 2 3 5 10 11 11 13 14 14 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the afternoon. Chance of rain showers late in the afternoon, then rain showers likely late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Max temperature.....Around 52. Min humidity........41 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL. Mixing height (m)...274-732 meters AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 15 to 18 mph. Transport winds m/s.Northeast 7 to 8 meters/second. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (33100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........MISSING. Pcpn amount.........0.04 inches. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........67 76 82 83 79 75 69 75 80 89 88 94 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 40 50 60 Temp............37 37 36 39 42 45 48 50 50 52 50 48 RH..............67 61 67 59 55 47 44 42 42 41 44 51 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 18 20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.0 1.7 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE E NE NE E NE E E E Transp wind spd.18 17 18 18 17 17 16 15 16 16 18 16 Trans wind dir..NE NE NE NE E NE NE E NE E E E Trans spd (m/s).8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 14 16 17 19 22 24 25 30 33 32 24 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Lindenberg Requested by...Elizabeth Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2604337.0/SGF .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL momoc.dispatch@usd.gov