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Blizzard Conditions Are Forecast Across Parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes

In the north-central U.S., a strong storm will continue to bring heavy snow and gusty to high winds over parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest tonight before moving across the Great Lakes with heavy lake effect snow Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day. Isolated severe thunderstorms are likely across parts of the Southeast/Deep South, mainly this evening into early tonight. Read More >

Springfield, MO

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Fire Weather

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NWS Springfield, Missouri Fire Weather

 

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Spot Forecasts are issued for prescribed burns, wildfires, spray projects, or any number of land management activities within our forecast area. Government agencies anywhere within our fire weather forecast area can request a spot forecast.

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MesoWest (Univ. of Utah) 

National Weather Service Enhanced Data Display
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Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS 20 ft Wind Towers)
Ava/Tidwell Site (NFDRS-SGF) Camdenton  (NFDRS-SGF) Cassville (NFDRS-SGF) Mt. Vernon  (NFDRS-SGF)
Mountain Grove (NFDRS-SGF) Mountain View (NFDRS-SGF) Roby  (NFDRS-SGF) Wah Kon Tah (NFDRS-SGF)
Ashland Big Spring Carr Creek Clinton
Council Bluff Doniphan Farmington Piedmont
Sinkin State Line, KS Sullivan  

Area Airport Observations (ASOS/AWOS 10m Wind Towers)
Missouri
Bolivar AWOS Branson AWOS Branson West AWOS Camdenton AWOS
Clinton AWOS Farmington AWOS Ft. Leonard Wood  ASOS Joplin ASOS
Lebanon AWOS Monett AWOS Neosho AWOS  
Osage Beach AWOS Piedmont AWOS Rolla/Vichy ASOS Sedalia ASOS
Springfield ASOS Sullivan AWOS Warrensburg AWOS Warsaw AWOS MODOT Link
West Plains ASOS Whiteman AFB ASOS    

Kansas and Oklahoma
Chanute KS ASOS Fort Scott KS AWOS Grove, OK AWOS Parsons, KS  ASOS
Pittsburg, KS AWOS      

Arkansas
Bentonville, AR AWOS Flippin, AR AWOS Harrison, AR ASOS Mountain Home, AR ASOS
Rogers, AR AWOS      

University of Missouri Extension Ag Weather Stations

Cook Station Crawford Co. x

Green Ridge  x

 Lamar   x Mountain Grove   X

Mount Vernon    x

Versailles   x

    

Climate Reference Network Sites
Near Arma, KS 10 WSW Salem, MO

Nearby Oklahoma Mesonet Stations (far northeast Oklahoma)
Miami Jay Westville OK-FIRE

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Fire Weather Operating Plan (.pdf)

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