Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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183 FNUS73 KLBF 171932 FWSLBF Spot Forecast for Hershey Grass Fire...North Platte 911 National Weather Service North Platte NE 232 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on May 17. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact the NWS North Platte office at 308-532-0921 (or at 1-800-603-3562) if you have any questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Winds south of Hershey will remain predominately out of the west until around 7 PM CDT, when winds will become southwesterly. Winds this afternoon will remain around 10 to 15 miles per hour, with some gusts up to 20 miles per hour. This evening, as winds become southwest, they will remain at or below 10 miles per hour. Around 4 AM CDT, a cold front will pass through the region, which will shift winds from out of the north. Skies will remain clear through the afternoon, with the high temperature approaching 89 degrees. Relative humidity will range between 15 to 20 percent through this evening. Overnight humidity recovery will be somewhat limited, with relative humidity values returning around 70 percent. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 52. Max humidity........66 percent. Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest 6 to 8 mph after 3 am. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 15 mph shifting to the southwest 9 to 13 mph in the evening and overnight, then shifting to the northwest 10 to 13 mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........18 21 25 29 33 38 44 49 41 33 25 18 Weather cov..... SCH Weather type.... RW Tstm cov........ SCH LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............87 86 82 74 71 69 67 65 64 63 61 57 RH..............18 19 22 29 34 36 39 41 43 43 46 55 20 FT wind dir..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW 20 FT wind spd..15 13 10 10 10 9 10 10 12 12 10 13 20 FT wind gust.21 18 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 17 17 20 Eye lvl wnd dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 6 8 Eye lvl wnd gst.13 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 12 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........23 percent. Eye level winds.....North winds 5 to 11 mph shifting to the northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 18 mph shifting to the northeast around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........12 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 9 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............55 53 52 55 59 63 66 68 72 74 76 77 RH..............59 66 66 59 49 43 37 33 29 26 23 23 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N NE 20 FT wind spd..14 16 17 17 18 17 15 14 12 10 9 9 20 FT wind gust.22 25 25 25 25 24 21 20 17 15 14 14 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N NE Eye lvl wnd spd.8 10 10 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 Eye lvl wnd gst.13 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ Forecaster...Richie/WFO LBF Requested by...North Platte 911 Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2414533.0/LBF .DELDT 05/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Myersbw@northplattene.gov, nppd911@gmail.com