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Spot Forecast for Webster...KDWP
National Weather Service Hastings NE
817 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Winds this morning are expected to start out of the northwest at
about 5 mph but are expected to become southwesterly to southerly
late this morning and early afternoon (also at around 5 mph), then
southeasterly at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts of 20 to 25 mph, by
late this afternoon (4 or 5 PM). RH values will start out around
60 percent this morning, but fall to 25-30 percent this afternoon.
The high temperature today will be in the upper 70s.

Expect a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
between approximately 9 PM this evening to 7 AM Thursday morning,
but only a trace to a couple of hundredths of an inch of rain is
expected, if anything at all.

A front moving through the area will bring gusty winds tonight
into Thursday, with winds becoming northerly and increasing to
around 30 mph with gusts to 35-40 mph around midnight tonight. The
strongest gusts will occur between midnight and 7AM Thursday
morning, but gusts of 25-30 mph can be expected into mid-afternoon
Thursday. RH values will start out above 70 percent in the morning
and fall to around 30 percent in the afternoon. The high
temperature will be around 60 degrees.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    south 6 to 13 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 9 mph shifting to the east around 8
                    mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    south 9 to 18 mph early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 20 to 21 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   7   8   8   23  29  15  10  9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  59  63  66  69  74  76  78  79
RH..............61  53  44  40  37  30  30  27  26
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   SW  S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   8   10  13  13
20 FT wind gust.8   10  10  10  13  15  18  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.7 5.3 6.8 9.0 10
Transp wind dir.N   N   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   9   10  16  18  20  21
Haines index....5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 12 to 21 mph with gusts to around 38
                    mph overnight, then shifting to the north
                    around 24 mph with gusts to around 39 mph after
                    3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 16 to 22 mph shifting to the north 21
                    to 25 mph overnight, then increasing to 31 to
                    35 mph after 3 am.
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 (%).........17  15  12  6   7   10  15  25  53  66  90  84
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH
Temp............78  77  72  66  63  60  57  55  52  48  47  44
RH..............28  30  35  43  50  58  64  69  77  83  79  86
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  NE  N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..13  12  9   12  13  13  12  13  20  21  24  24
20 FT wind gust.22  20  17  21  22  22  21  17  35  38  39  39
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.22  17  16  17  17  17  16  21  25  31  33  35
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 14 to 23 mph. Gusts up to 37 mph
                    decreasing to 29 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 28 to 36 mph decreasing to 17 to 26 mph
                    late in the morning.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........84  83  81  68  68  57  56  42  36  28  12  20
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............42  42  41  43  46  49  52  55  57  58  60  59
RH..............89  86  82  76  68  56  48  40  37  34  31  30
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..23  20  18  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  16  14
20 FT wind gust.37  33  31  28  29  30  28  26  29  28  24  23
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.2 2.2 2.4 3.1 3.5 4.1 4.9 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.36  32  31  29  28  26  24  23  22  20  18  17
Haines index....4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Hickford
Requested by...Cale Hedges
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411212.0/GID
.DELDT 04/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cale.hedges@ks.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
