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Spot Forecast for Hayes Center Wildlife Refuge...Hayes Center VFD
National Weather Service North Platte NE
700 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on July 27.
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.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Expect the threat for lightning in the vicinity of the fire
through 8 PM CDT. There will be a threat for showers and
thunderstorms in the immediate fire area through 9 PM CDT.
Overnight, expect RH recovery to around 90 percent overnight. On
Tuesday, expect a chance for showers and thunderstorms especially
in the afternoon hours. Afternoon highs will reach around 90 with
minimum RH around 45 percent. Winds will be erratic in the
vicinity of thunderstorms through mid evening with more sustained
winds from the north and northeast at around 10 MPH tonight. Winds
on Tuesday will be from the northeast at 10 to 15 MPH.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the
                    evening. Chance of thunderstorms through the
                    night. Showers likely overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 12 to 13 mph increasing to
                    around 15 mph late in the evening, then
                    shifting to the northwest around 13 mph late in
                    the evening shifting to the north overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening and overnight.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the east
                    around 9 mph late in the evening, then shifting
                    to the northwest around 8 mph late in the
                    evening shifting to the north overnight.

TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62  77  79  89  80  93  83  82  88  90  96
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Temp............92  88  84  81  79  78  77  75  74  72  71
RH..............63  61  59  65  67  69  74  76  79  84  87
20 FT wind dir..E   NE  NE  E   NW  N   NE  N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..12  13  15  15  13  10  9   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.16  18  24  23  20  16  15  14  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   NE  NE  E   NW  N   NE  N   N   N   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   8   9   9   8   6   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  11  14  14  12  10  9   8   8   8   8

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
                    Chance of showers in the morning, then slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    east late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    east late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........91  83  78  72  39  42  43  35  38  28  33  18
Weather cov.....CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............71  70  71  74  78  81  83  85  86  89  89  89
RH..............87  90  90  82  71  65  61  57  53  47  47  45
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   9   9   10  12  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  14  14  14  16  17  17  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   7   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   10  10  10  12  12

$$
Forecaster...Buttler
Requested by...Jeff Unger
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618460.0/LBF
.DELDT 07/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ungerj77@gmail.com