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Spot Forecast for Unit 16 West...USFWS
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1138 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on May 11.
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...
Surface low pressure across Manitoba will move into nrn Ontario
tonight. The sfc low is producing light west and southwest winds
across the Dakotas and Nebraska this morning.

Southwest winds near 10 mph are underway and should continue
throughout the afternoon. A shift to the south is expected this
evening accompanied by a drop in speeds. No significant wind
shifts are likely at the burn site today or tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 6 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......9200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   3   3   4   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............73  74  76  78  79  79
RH..............33  30  27  26  25  25
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  16  16  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   6   6   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...7.1 7.8 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  15  15  14  13  13
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   3   5   7   9   10  12  13  11  8   6   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............80  78  74  68  63  60  59  56  55  53  51  51
RH..............23  25  29  37  46  51  53  62  64  71  80  80
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   6   6   7   6   6   6   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.15  13  9   9   9   8   8   8   9   10  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 8.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.13  12  8   7   8   8   9   12  15  16  16  15
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
                    8 to 10 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
LAL.................1 increasing to 2 early in the afternoon, then
                    increasing to 3 late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 14 mph shifting to the north 10 to 14
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   7   13  19  25  29  33  37  44  50  56  53
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3
Temp............50  48  53  58  67  72  76  78  79  80  79  79
RH..............83  89  80  72  52  42  33  29  28  27  29  29
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   8   7   6   6   5   6   8   9   10
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  9   7   7   8   12  14  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   5   4   4   4   3   4   5   5   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   6   6   6   5       4   5   7   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.3 3.7 6.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.14  14  12  10  8   6   6   7   8   10  12  14
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Cole
Requested by...John Graham
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/11/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL john_graham@fws.gov