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Spot Forecast for Eckley/Heartstrong Fire 2...EM
National Weather Service Goodland KS
256 PM MST Thu Dec 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MST on December 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 13 to 17 mph with gusts to around 28
                    mph after midnight.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   12  26  13  8   9   8   8   9   11  17  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............30  29  28  28  28  28  28  30  31  31  32  32
RH..............41  40  42  42  42  40  42  37  36  39  39  43
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   8   10  12  13  15  17  17  17  16  15  13
20 FT wind gust.7   10  15  17  21  24  26  28  26  26  24  22

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  46  54  44  40  38  38  47  57  56  49  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............33  34  39  46  53  60  63  64  69  67  63  58
RH..............47  51  48  40  32  26  23  22  18  19  21  25
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  14  15  14  15  14  14  13  12  10
20 FT wind gust.21  21  22  23  24  24  24  23  23  21  18  17

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 12 mph shifting to the north
                    around 14 mph early in the morning.

TIME (MST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........55     59     51     46     45     53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............52     48     47     47     45     41
RH..............32     35     38     40     45     55
20 FT wind dir..SW     W      W      W      W      NW
20 FT wind spd..10     12     12     13     13     13
20 FT wind gust.17     18     20     21     22     21

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow showers late in the morning. Slight chance
                    of rain showers late in the morning.
CWR.................10 percent then 0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 14 mph shifting to the east
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........54     58     53     46     39     30
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSN   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     10     20     20     20
Temp............36     34     39     45     47     43
RH..............72     78     62     45     40     47
20 FT wind dir..N      N      NE     NE     NE     E
20 FT wind spd..14     12     10     10     9      7
20 FT wind gust.23     20     18     17     16     12

$$
Forecaster...KMK
Requested by...Jake Rockwell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2527914.0/GLD
.DELDT 12/18/25
.EMAIL jrockwell@co.yuma.co.us