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Spot Forecast for Sheridan County Wildfire...LAW ENFORCEMENT
National Weather Service Goodland KS
247 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on July 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (785) 899-2360 or via 800MHz radio
if you have questions or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Light and variable winds and an atypically moist airmass will
persist through tonight. E or SE winds at 10-15 mph are expected
late Wednesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 9 mph.

TIME (MDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM
Sky (%).........38  24  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0
Temp............92  93  92
RH..............52  51  51
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  15  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms through the night. Chance of
                    showers after midnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
                    evening, then increasing to 30 percent after
                    midnight decreasing to 20 percent early in the
                    morning decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening.

TIME (MDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
Sky (%).........13     81     79     88     82     73
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............10     10     10     20     30     20
Temp............91     87     81     77     75     72
RH..............49     53     65     76     82     87
20 FT wind dir..E      E      E      NE     NE     NE
20 FT wind spd..9      8      8      7      6      6
20 FT wind gust.15     13     12     10     9      9

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    east in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........90     71     33     36     30     36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      10     0      0
Temp............70     76     84     89     93     95
RH..............90     82     63     52     44     40
20 FT wind dir..NE     E      E      E      E      SE
20 FT wind spd..7      7      8      9      10     12
20 FT wind gust.10     10     12     14     15     16

$$

Forecaster...Vincent
Requested by...Mike
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618522.0/GLD
.DELDT 07/28/26
.EMAIL sdso@sheridancoks.com