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Spot Forecast for Darrynane Lake...USFWS
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
724 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (620) 225-6514, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Light winds (less than 10 mph) can be expected today. West to
northwest winds at less than 10 mph will become west at 5 to 10
mph between noon and 2pm. The winds will then continue to back to
the southwest during the afternoon. After 3pm the winds will be
southwest at around 10 mph. Southerly winds at around 10 mph will
continue overnight. Humidity values will fall from 70 to 80
percent at 7am to 30-35% by noon as temperatures warm into the
mid 70s. Minimum afternoon humidity of around 26% will occur
between 2pm and 5pm. Humidity values will then climb back into the
40 to 45% range after sunset.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph late in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming west 5 to
                    6 mph early in the afternoon shifting to the
                    south 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........19     20     25     34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0
Temp............68     76     79     80
RH..............47     32     27     27
20 ft wind......NW 5   W 5    SW 6   S 8
20 ft wind gust.7      9      10     13
Mix hgt (ft)....1600   7700   9200   9800
Transport wind..W 7    NW 9   W 8    W 9
Haines index....5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Scattered
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 9 to 10 mph overnight. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 8
                    to 9 mph after 3 am.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........47     61     81     74     52     70
Weather cov.....                            SCTTRD SCTTRD
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            SCTTRD SCTTRD
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............80     75     68     64     61     60
RH..............28     36     49     58     72     78
20 ft wind......S 7    S 7    S 9    S 8    SW 9   S 9
20 ft wind gust.13     14     17     13     16     16
Mix hgt (ft)....8400   600    500    500    700    1500
Transport wind..SW 9   S 12   S 14   S 12   SW 16  SW 9
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      3

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers in the morning. Scattered thunderstorms
                    through the day. Rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 30 to 31 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........79     94     91     89     81     83
Weather cov.....SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........SCTTRD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
CWR.............0      60     60     60     80     80
Temp............58     58     62     66     68     69
RH..............86     86     78     70     68     66
20 ft wind......S 9    S 10   S 12   S 16   S 17   S 16
20 ft wind gust.16     16     21     26     28     26
Mix hgt (ft)....900    1300   3000   4200   5100   5400
Transport wind..S 8    S 14   S 21   S 25   S 30   S 31
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3

$$
Forecaster...BURGERT
Requested by...Deon Steinle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/11/24
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.EMAIL deon_steinle@fws.gov