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Spot Forecast for Mid Plains CC exercise...Emergency Management
National Weather Service North Platte NE
127 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on March 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...

The are no fire weather concerns Friday or Friday night. Humidity
will likely remain above 30 percent.

A weak Pacific cold front will arrive at Mid Plains between 5 and
7 am CDT Friday morning. Light northwest winds Friday morning
will become north around 15 mph by 11 am CDT. A decrease in speeds
is expected by late afternoon, 6 pm CDT.

Light north winds at less than 10 mph Friday evening will veer
slightly to the northeast and weaken to 5 mph overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    north around 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
                    north around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  42  36  34  40  44  50  56  47  38  35  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............33  35  35  39  46  50  54  57  59  60  61  61
RH..............82  69  69  64  60  54  50  43  39  37  35  35
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   7   9   10  15  15  16  16  16  16  15  14
20 FT wind gust.7   9   13  15  21  21  23  22  23  23  21  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   6   9   9   10  10  10  10  9   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.    5   8   9   13  13  14  13  14  14  13  12
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of showers.
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 13 mph.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 8 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33  34  46  57  68  65  62  59  67  76  85  84
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............59  57  53  48  44  41  40  38  36  34  33  31
RH..............36  42  48  56  65  73  73  79  85  89  92  100
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..13  12  12  10  10  9   9   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.16  14  14  14  14  13  13  12  12  12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   7   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Cole
Requested by...Mark Rempe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2408786.0/LBF
.DELDT 03/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mrempe@custercountyne.gov


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