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Spot Forecast for Heron RX...USFS
National Weather Service North Platte NE
836 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on April 22.
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...
A Pacific cold front moving through northern Nebraska this morning has
the potential to produce northwest winds gusting to 30 to 40 mph
for a few hours. Winds should settle down this afternoon with
speeds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 20 mph. Light and variable winds
are expected tonight as high pressure settles over the area. A
weak reinforcing cold front will enter northern Nebraska Tuesday
morning. Wind speeds of 15 to 20 mph are likely Tuesday. The wind
direction will be northwest.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 24 mph. Gusts up to 36
                    mph in the late morning and early afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 9 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 36 mph
                    in the late morning and early afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 29 mph.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........35  28  37  38  29  29  16  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............51  54  57  59  60  61  62  63
RH..............50  38  34  28  27  25  26  25
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..24  24  22  21  18  16  15  16
20 FT wind gust.36  35  30  29  25  24  23  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  14  13  13  11  10  9   10
Eye lvl wnd gst.22  21  18  17  15  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.1 3.8 4.3 4.8 5.9 6.7 7.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.29  29  25  25  23  22  21  20
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 15 mph decreasing to 7 to
                    8 mph in the late evening and overnight, then
                    increasing to 8 to 12 mph overnight.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 8 mph decreasing to up to
                    5 mph in the late evening and overnight, then
                    increasing to 5 to 7 mph overnight.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph shifting to the north 10 to
                    15 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (MDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........21  21  19  28  33  44  65  65  62  64  59  57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  64  60  56  51  49  48  47  45  44  42  41
RH..............25  24  29  35  42  46  46  45  45  47  53  52
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..15  14  10  7   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   12
20 FT wind gust.21  17  14  10  9   9   10  10  12  13  13  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   8   6   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  10  8   6   5   5   6   6   7   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...7.7 6.9 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.20  18  12  12  12  10  10  10  10  12  14  15
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 18 mph increasing to 14
                    to 23 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 25 mph shifting to the north 18
                    to 23 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........48  44  39  26  12  6   5   7   8   10  12  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............40  41  44  47  51  54  56  57  58  59  60  61
RH..............55  50  49  45  41  38  34  33  32  30  29  27
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..12  14  16  18  22  23  22  22  20  17  16  14
20 FT wind gust.16  18  22  25  30  31  31  30  26  24  22  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   8   10  11  13  14  13  13  12  10  10  8
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  11  13  15  18  19  19  18  16  14  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.8 2.9 3.9 4.5 5.1 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.9 6.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.17  18  25  28  33  32  29  26  24  23  21  18
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Cole
Requested by...Nate Hanson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411533.2/LBF
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan.hanson@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
