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Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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Spot Forecast for Unit 16 North...USFWS
National Weather Service North Platte NE
720 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 26.
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...
Patchy fog will be possible through mid morning, then become
partly sunny. Winds will be light out of the northwest today
around 5 to 10 mph sustained and gust up to 15 mph. Wetting
rainfall chances increase in the afternoon, with showers and
thunderstorms possible, generally after 3pm. Severe storms are not
expected, however lightning will be possible with any
thunderstorm. Any lingering precipitation should exit the area
after 8pm.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly sunny (45-55 percent). Areas of fog
early in the morning, then patchy fog late in
the morning. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
LAL.................1 until 1600, then 3 until 1700, then 4.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 12 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or or low to or moderate potential for
large plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71 73 45 41 49 55 62 50 39 63
Weather cov.....ARS PTY SCH CHC
Weather type....FOG FOG RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH CHC
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4
Temp............50 52 58 62 65 69 71 71 72 69
RH..............100 100 80 72 65 55 49 47 44 51
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 10
20 FT wind gust.12 10 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.7 1.6 2.1 2.7 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.6 4.3
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 10 9 9 9 10 10 12
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly clear (5-15 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms early in the evening, then
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
early in the evening.
LAL.................4 until 2000, then 3 until 2100, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 6 mph shifting to the
west up to 5 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the
northwest 6 to 8 mph early in the evening, then
shifting to the west overnight. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 20 mph shifting to the west 8
to 16 mph early in the evening.
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 (%).........85 80 52 48 23 19 5 6 8 16 16 18
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH
LAL.............4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............68 66 61 58 55 53 52 51 50 49 48 48
RH..............52 58 72 80 86 93 96 96 96 96 96 93
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW W W NW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 10 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
20 FT wind gust.15 16 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW W W NW W W W W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 10 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.20 12 10 8 10 12 12 10 13 14 16 15
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
.MEMORIAL DAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
northwest 11 to 13 mph late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 22 mph becoming 12 to 21
mph early in the morning, then increasing to 18
to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 to 22 mph increasing to northwest 26 to
33 mph in the late morning and 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 (%).........13 17 5 8 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............48 47 51 56 62 65 67 69 70 71 71 71
RH..............89 89 80 69 52 45 39 36 34 33 34 34
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 14 17 20 21 22 22 21 20 18
20 FT wind gust.16 18 21 24 26 29 30 31 31 30 29 28
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 6 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 11
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 19 18 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 1.4 2.7 4.9 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.8
Transp wind dir.W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.16 17 17 22 26 30 32 33 33 32 31 30
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
$$
Forecaster...Gomez
Requested by...John Graham
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/26/24
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.EMAIL john_graham@fws.gov