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Spot Forecast for Quail 24...Central Platte NRD
National Weather Service Hastings NE
550 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Near critical to briefly critical fire weather conditions are
likely this afternoon. N winds currently around 10 MPH will
increase and become breezy out of the NW-N by mid to late morning,
sustained 15-20 MPH and gusting 25-30 MPH, and continue breezy
through the afternoon. These strong winds will coincide with
relative humidity values bottoming out around 20% this afternoon.
High temperatures will top out in the upper 60s under sunny skies.
The wind will rapidly decrease after sunset and turn to the NE.
Late overnight, winds will gradually turn from NE to SE but speeds
will only be 5-10 MPH.

Lesser fire weather concerns are forecast for Wednesday. Winds
will gradually increase from the SE during the afternoon, into
generally the 10-20 MPH sustained, gusting ~25 MPH range. Relative
humidity values, however, look to remain higher than today, in
30-35% range, aided by increasing mid to high clouds and perhaps
even some light rain showers. Any rainfall will tend to be pretty
spotty and light (<0.1").


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 16 to 23 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph
                    late in the morning.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  38  25  8   6   4   4   4   5   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............42  47  54  57  60  63  64  65  67  66
RH..............67  53  36  31  28  24  23  22  20  21
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  13  15  17  17  17  17  17  16  15
20 FT wind gust.18  20  23  24  26  28  26  25  23  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 2.9 4.3 5.1 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.16  18  23  28  28  26  26  25  24  23
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 6 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 21 mph shifting to the northeast 9
                    to 10 mph in the late evening and overnight,
                    then shifting to the east overnight.
Haines Index........4 to 6 or low to high potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14  19  25  32  38  44  50  56  52  48  45  53
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  64  57  51  47  45  43  42  41  40  38  37
RH..............22  23  33  41  47  51  57  60  62  64  70  75
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..14  10  8   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.18  16  14  12  10  10  9   9   8   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 6.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.21  18  12  12  10  9   10  10  10  9   9   9
Haines index....6   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to
                    18 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 18 mph shifting to the south 21
                    to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  71  69  67  69  78  78  71  62  54  48  46
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............37  37  39  43  50  53  56  58  60  62  64  65
RH..............75  79  73  67  56  50  45  42  39  38  35  34
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   10  13  15  17  17  17  18  18
20 FT wind gust.9   10  13  15  17  20  22  24  25  25  26  26
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.7
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  14  18  18  21  23  24  24  24  25
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Thies
Requested by...Bill Hiatt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411905.0/GID
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL hiatt@cpnrd.org
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
