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Spot Forecast for Mills Bale Fire...Emergency Manager
National Weather Service North Platte NE
416 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on July 15.
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...

This afternoon and evening there is the potential for rapid storm
development in the vicinity of the fire. Storms may produce
strong erratic wind gust and large hail, along with frequent
lightning. There is the potential for thunderstorms to linger
into later tonight with only an isolated chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Winds will be shifting northerly within the next
hour or two as the front advances eastward over the area and
remain northerly over the rest of tonight into Wednesday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph.

TIME (CDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........62
Weather cov.....SCT
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCT
Temp............89
RH..............48
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..5
20 FT wind gust.
Eye lvl wnd dir.S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3
Eye lvl wnd gst.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms in the
                    evening, then scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    north 9 to 13 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the evening.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........77  93  94  94  95  91  88  84  87  90  92  93
Weather cov.....NUM DEF DEF DEF NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........NUM DEF DEF DEF NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
Temp............83  77  72  69  67  66  64  63  62  61  60  59
RH..............59  71  84  90  93  97  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   6   9   12  12  12  9   12  13  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.            14  16  15  10  15  16  16  17  17
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   7   7   7   5   7   8   7   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.            8   10  9   6   9   10  10  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the morning. Slight
                    chance of showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.
Eye level winds.....North winds 7 to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........93  94  95  96  97  94  92  90  86  81  77  75
Weather cov.....ISO                                 SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW                                  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........ISO
Temp............58  58  59  60  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 100 97  93  87  84  78  73
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..12  12  13  13  12  12  13  13  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.15  15  17  17  16  15  17  17  18  18  18  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   8   8   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   9   10  10  10  9   10  10  11  11  11  12

$$
Forecaster...Gomez
Requested by...EM
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518078.0/LBF
.DELDT 07/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cherrycoem@cherrycountyne.gov