791
FNUS73 KGID 161323
FWSGID

Spot Forecast for Prairie Dog Pile RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Hastings NE
823 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...


Steady 10-15 MPH winds, occasionally gusting as high as 20 MPH
from the north-northeast to northeasterly direction today and
tonight. Winds for Thursday will remain on the lighter end (<15
MPH) and pivoting eastward to southeast later in the day.
Precipitation chances most of the day today remain near 0% with an
overnight 50-55% storm chance no earlier than 8PM, though likely
no later than 5AM. Minimum relative humidity is not expected to
drop below 75% today. Otherwise, conditions behind last nights
cold front remain mostly cloudy with cooler temperatures in the
mid to upper 70s.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 15 mph.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  89  92  89  86  83  83  84  84  76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  67  68  69  71  72  73  73  74  74
RH..............95  93  92  90  84  84  81  81  79  79
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   10  10  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.13  14  15  22  21  21  23  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.5 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  15  15  15  14  13  14  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    rain showers likely and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 15 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........68  60  65  70  75  82  88  95  93  91  89  92
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............73  72  71  68  65  64  63  62  62  61  60  59
RH..............81  84  84  87  93  93  97  97  93  97  96  96
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..12  13  13  13  13  12  10  9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.23  24  23  23  23  23  22  20  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 2.7 2.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.4
Transp wind dir.NE  N   NE  N   NE  NE  N   N   NE  N   NE  NE
Transp wind spd.15  16  17  18  20  20  20  17  15  15  16  15

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    and slight chance of thunderstorms early in the
                    morning, then slight chance of rain showers in
                    the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the east
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 16 mph shifting to the southeast
                    7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  99  95  76  69  58  56  54  57  61  64  60
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............59  58  59  60  63  65  67  69  70  71  72  73
RH..............96  96  96  93  84  81  78  73  71  71  68  68
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.20  20  18  18  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.5 M   3.6 M
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  M   SE  M
Transp wind spd.15  15  16  14  13  9   9   8   8   M   7   M

$$
Forecaster...Stump
Requested by...Garrett Uecker
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2518109.0/GID
.DELDT 07/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL garrett_uecker@fws.gov