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Spot Forecast for Holt/Antelope Co. fire...Holt Co. Emergency Manager
National Weather Service North Platte NE
249 PM CDT Wed Apr 1 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on April 01.
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...

Steady easterly winds under overcast skies should continue through
much of Wednesday evening. Speeds should subside slightly in
vicinity of the fire at or below 10 mph and stronger gusts just
east in central Antelope County. Regarding precipitation, a slight
chance for precipitation is in place, increasing to chance
categories by this evening. Rainfall intensity should remain
light, generally a few hundredths of an inch per hour for much of
the evening and overnight, but persist long enough with few long
duration breaks yielding wetting precipitation. A gradual wind increase
appears probable early Thursday morning with flow becoming
northerly and speeds around 10-15 mph and sporadic gusts to 20
mph. Lows tonight with rainfall will settle in the middle 30s with
great humidity recovery likely exceeding 95%.

For Thursday, precipitation should persist through the morning
with a notable break likely for the afternoon and early evening.
Temperatures will be on the cooler side, generally in the middle
40s. With the cooler temperatures and precipitation in the area,
expect afternoon humidity minimums to remain high around 65-75%.
Winds will largely favor the north through much of the day with a
transition to southeast likely by early evening while remaining at
or below 20 mph for the entire timeframe.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Slight chance of rain late in the
                    afternoon, then chance of rain late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 12 mph.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 7 mph.

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  92  93
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  43  40
RH..............52  57  76
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.16  17  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain through the night. Slight chance
                    of thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 13 mph early in the morning.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
Eye level winds.....East winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 8 mph early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94  97  97  97  96  94  93  95  95  94  95  94
Weather cov.....CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........                                        SCH SCH
Temp............39  40  42  42  43  43  43  43  41  40  38  37
RH..............87  89  86  86  86  86  86  82  89  92  96  100
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..12  10  10  10  10  10  12  12  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.20  16  13  13  13  13  15  15  16  16  17  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  10  8   8   8   8   9   9   10  10  10  10

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy then becoming partly sunny. Slight
                    chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
                    Rain early in the morning, then chance of rain
                    late in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 7 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the morning.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  92  97  99  98  97  96  94  88  69  54  55
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............37  36  35  34  34  35  36  38  40  42  44  45
RH..............96  96  100 100 100 100 100 100 96  89  82  79
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..12  13  12  13  14  14  14  14  12  9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.15  17  15  17  20  18  20  18  14  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   8   7   8   8   8   8   8   7   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   10  9   10  12  11  12  11  8   6

$$
Forecaster...Jurgensen
Requested by...Deb Hilker
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608319.4/LBF
.DELDT 04/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL holtcountyema@holtcountyne.gov,nws.northplatte@noaa.gov