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Spot Forecast for Enders Priscribed Fire...Nebraska Game and Parks
National Weather Service North Platte NE
525 AM CDT Sat Mar 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on March 23.
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...

Southeasterly winds will gust around 25 mph this morning, then become more
southerly with gusts increasing to around 30 mph by late this morning into
this afternoon. Humidity will remain above 35 percent through this afternoon.
Mixing heights will be low with potential for a fumigating smoke plume early
this morning. However mixing heights will rise steadily and reach to around
4kft by late this afternoon with improving smoke dispersion. Potential for
precipitation increases rapidly after sunset.


.TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 15 to 23 mph.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 22 to 25 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Temp............26  26  26  27  31  34  39  44  49  55  59  60
RH..............81  81  81  81  75  69  62  53  48  40  36  35
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..15  16  16  17  18  20  22  22  22  22  22  23
20 FT wind gust.24  24  24  25  28  28  30  30  28  28  28  28
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   10  10  10  11  12  13  13  13  13  13  14
Eye lvl wnd gst.14  14  14  15  17  17  18  18  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.6 4.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.22  22  22  25  25  25  25  24  23  23  23  24
Haines index....3   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 23 mph decreasing to
                    around 13 mph early in the morning.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 8 to 14 mph decreasing to
                    around 8 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 20 to 28 mph decreasing to 16 to 18
                    mph after 3 am.
Haines Index........3 very low.

TIME (MDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Temp............61  59  55  51  49  47  46  44  43  42  40  42
RH..............35  39  45  50  56  60  63  68  67  73  82  76
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..23  22  20  21  18  20  21  18  16  15  14  13
20 FT wind gust.29  32  30  31  29  30  30  24  23  23  21  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  13  12  13  11  12  13  11  10  9   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.17  19  18  19  17  18  18  14  14  14  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 2.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.26  28  23  23  22  24  23  21  20  18  18  16
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Sporer
Requested by...Beau Licking
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407297.0/LBF
.DELDT 03/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Greg.dannatt@nutrien.com,dayna.scherbarth@gmail.gov,weiss79@gmail.com,beau.licking@nebraska.gov


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