FNUS73 KEAX 151147 FWSEAX Spot Forecast for Loess Hills A...USFWS National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 647 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 15. 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... Southwesterly winds expected late this morning shifting to westerly through the afternoon. Wind speeds will be around 15-20 mph with gusts up to 25-30 mph. Afternoon RHs will be near 50% and while the better chances are further to the east, there is a chance (30-40%) of showers and storms this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................17 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........41 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 14 to 16 mph shifting to the west around 15 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 24 mph. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........60 59 53 63 55 51 29 Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............73 74 77 79 80 80 79 RH..............71 66 58 54 47 41 41 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..14 15 15 16 16 15 15 20 FT wind gust.23 23 24 24 24 23 22 Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.6 2.9 3.3 5.2 6.4 5.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.20 21 21 21 23 24 23 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. CWR.................16 percent decreasing to 4 percent overnight. Min temperature.....Around 50. Max humidity........86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 14 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph after 3 am, then becoming light after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 10 mph after 3 am. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........24 24 23 20 19 14 9 5 7 13 15 20 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............78 75 69 65 62 60 59 58 56 55 53 52 RH..............42 45 53 60 70 72 72 72 74 77 83 86 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W SW SW S 20 FT wind spd..14 12 10 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 20 FT wind gust.23 18 16 14 13 9 9 7 7 6 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 1.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.SW W W SW W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.20 18 17 20 16 15 15 14 12 10 8 8 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................4 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 21 mph in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........21 22 23 17 5 4 5 2 2 2 2 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............52 51 53 58 64 69 74 77 80 81 82 81 RH..............83 83 80 72 65 57 48 42 36 35 33 34 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 5 5 6 7 8 9 12 12 12 13 10 20 FT wind gust.7 7 9 10 13 14 16 17 17 17 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.6 3.4 4.2 4.7 4.6 3.5 Transp wind dir.W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.8 8 9 10 13 15 17 20 21 21 20 18 $$ Forecaster...Carothers Requested by...Sam Vanourney Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610392.0/EAX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL sam_vanourney@fws.gov