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Spot Forecast for Smith Falls Wildfire...Cherry County EM
National Weather Service North Platte NE
324 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on May 31.
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...

Near critical fire conditions will continue through early evening
as RH values drop to near 25 percent and west/southwest winds gust
up to 25 mph. Winds across Cherry county will diminish after
sunset and remain below 10 mph through the overnight. Northerly
winds will increase once again after sunrise Monday morning,
gusting up to 20 mph through the morning and early afternoon.
Humidity will begin to increase after sunset tonight, recovering
up to 80 to 90 percent by Monday morning. Increased moisture ahead
of the next system arriving Monday night will keep overall minimum
RH values in the afternoon around 30 percent. Thunderstorms and
showers return late Monday evening to northern Nebraska, but with
minimal QPF in this area (less than 0.10 inches), some concerns
for dry lightning will be possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 13 mph.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............82  82
RH..............29  29
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  13
20 FT wind gust.22  22
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 7 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 4 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   3   8   12  11  9   8   6   11  8   5   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............84  83  80  73  68  65  62  61  60  58  55  54
RH..............27  28  33  41  49  58  65  67  69  75  80  83
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   NW  N   NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..12  10  7   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.21  20  14  12  10  13  14  14  14  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   NW  N   NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   6   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  12  8   7   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the east
                    7 to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    east up to 5 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   19  15  11  12  33  50  54  58  61  66  45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  52  55  60  66  70  73  74  76  77  78  78
RH..............86  86  83  67  54  49  41  40  39  36  35  35
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   8   9   9   9   8   7   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.14  15  16  17  17  17  16  15  15  15  16  17
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   9   10  10  10  10  10  9   9   9   10  10

$$
Forecaster...Kulik
Requested by...Jessica Coyle
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614721.0/LBF
.DELDT 05/31/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cherrycoem@cherrycountyne.gov,nws.northplatte@noaa.gov