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Spot Forecast for Sandhills Rx Fire...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service North Platte NE
715 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 29.
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...

Mostly sunny skies and dry conditions are expected for the day on
Monday. Afternoon highs will climb to around 70 degrees, which is
near to slightly above normal for late April. Boundary layer
mixing will be moderate with heights reaching around 5kft AGL.
Winds will remain less than 25 mph all day with some gusts out of
the west-northwest possible during the afternoon with a rapid
switch to the south by early evening.

More mild temperatures are expected Monday night into Tuesday
with lows only reaching the middle 40s. Winds will increase
overnight with again approaching 20 to 25 mph by sunrise on
Tuesday. A cold front will dive through the area early in the day
Tuesday which will lead to a revert to west-northwesterly winds
and gusts nearing 25 mph again. Highs will reach the upper 60s
with minimum humidity values around 30 percent.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    8 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 5 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  9   10  17  21  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............58  62  65  65  68  68
RH..............49  48  38  38  34  34
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  13  13  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.2 4.0 5.0 6.2 6.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  15  15  15
Haines index....4   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    south 7 to 15 mph early in the evening.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 5 mph shifting to the south
                    up to 9 mph early in the evening.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph shifting to the southeast 7 to
                    16 mph early in the evening, then shifting to
                    the south 17 to 21 mph overnight.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........25  32  34  37  36  34  33  31  33  35  37  38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............68  69  65  58  56  54  52  51  50  50  49  49
RH..............34  36  40  53  59  66  74  71  80  80  83  83
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   7   7   8   9   10  12  13  14  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.13  9   9   12  13  15  16  17  20  21  21  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   SW  S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4   4   5   5   6   7   8   8   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   5   5   7   8   9   10  10  12  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 5.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  9   7   9   13  15  16  17  18  20  20  21
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 17 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 9 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 22 mph shifting to the northwest 21
                    to 25 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........39  40  47  55  62  57  52  52  34  20  19  5
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............49  48  51  54  60  62  64  66  66  66  66  66
RH..............83  86  80  74  60  54  45  42  37  34  32  30
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..15  14  14  14  14  15  17  18  20  20  20  17
20 FT wind gust.21  20  20  20  20  21  24  25  28  28  28  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   8   8   8   8   9   10  11  12  12  12  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  12  12  12  12  13  14  15  17  17  17  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.7 2.9 4.1 5.2 5.9 6.5 7.1 6.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.18  17  20  22  23  21  21  23  24  25  25  25
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Jurgensen/WFO LBF
Requested by...Chad Bladow
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412680.0/LBF
.DELDT 04/29/24
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.EMAIL cbladow@tnc.org,nws.northplatte@noaa.gov