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Spot Forecast for MJM L & Cattle East Burn Unit...MJM L & Cattle
National Weather Service North Platte NE
619 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on April 21.
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 will become gusty from the south at 10 to 20 mph on Sunday
afternoon continuing through Sunday night. Winds will shift to
the northwest at 10 to 20 mph Monday morning and will be gusty.
Lowest relative humidity on Sunday will be around 35% and 25%
Monday. Conditions during this time should be dry with less that a
10% chance for precipitation.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 14 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........58  57  53  50  46  33  19  6   13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............37  42  46  49  53  56  60  62  64
RH..............82  70  63  58  52  47  41  38  35
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   10  12  12  13  13  14
20 FT wind gust.10  12  13  13  13  14  14  15  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   6   7   7   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   7   8   8   8   8       9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.6 5.1 4.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  12  13  13  13  13  14
Haines index....3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 18 mph. Gusts up to 29 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Eye level winds.....South winds 8 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 29 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 21 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........19  26  25  23  22  25  29  32  35  37  40  43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  62  58  53  49  47  46  45  44  43  42  41
RH..............35  38  44  50  58  63  65  68  70  76  79  82
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  14  14  15  17  18  18  18  17  16
20 FT wind gust.16  17  18  20  21  24  26  29  29  28  26  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   9   9   8   8   9   10  11  11  11  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  11  12  13  14  16  17  17  17  16  14
Mix hgt (kft)...4.7 4.4 3.1 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.15  16  16  17  17  18  20  21  21  20  18  17
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 14 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    north 12 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 9 mph shifting to the
                    north 7 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 18 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 14 to 21 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM
Sky (%).........45     51     56     57     55     50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............40     44     55     64     70     73
RH..............85     76     55     41     32     27
20 ft wind......SW 15  SW 15  NW 17  N 15   N 13   N 12
20 ft wind gust.21     21     24     22     20     16
Eye level wind..SW 9   SW 9   NW 10  N 9    N 8    N 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.13     13     14     13     12     10
Mix hgt (ft)....500    900    1800   2800   3800   4800
Transport wind..SW 17  SW 18  NW 21  NW 18  NW 17  NW 16
Haines index....3      3      3      3      4      4

$$
Forecaster...Taylor
Requested by...Mike Maddux
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411452.1/LBF
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nws.northplatte@noaa.gov,heather.francis@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
