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Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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403 FNUS73 KLBF 172150 FWSLBF Spot Forecast for Cornfield Fire...Region 51 EM National Weather Service North Platte NE 450 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on June 17. 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... Strong southeasterly winds gusting up to 30 mph will persist into the evening hours. Winds will gradually veer to more southerly by 6-7pm CDT. Monitoring the potential for thunderstorms to move in from the west-southwest around late afternoon and early evening. Should this threat materialize, severe weather with large hail, damaging winds, and frequent cloud to ground lightning can be expected. Early Tuesday morning, a wind shift is expected arrive with a transition to more southwesterly then northwesterly winds. Gusts through midday Tuesday will again climb to around 25 to 30 mph. Overnight lows will fall into the middle to upper 60s with limited humidity recovery in the 60 to 75 percent range. Cooler temperatures are expected Tuesday afternoon with highs in the upper 70s and afternoon humidity minimums around 35 percent. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Windy. South winds 25 to 32 mph with gusts to around 43 mph shifting to the southwest around 25 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Eye level winds.....Windy. South winds 15 to 19 mph with gusts to around 26 mph shifting to the southwest around 15 mph early in the morning. LAL.................3 decreasing to 2 early in the evening, then decreasing to 1 in the late evening and overnight. Haines Index........5 moderate. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........40 47 46 44 43 35 28 21 19 16 14 21 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH LAL.............3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............91 88 86 84 82 81 81 80 80 79 77 73 RH..............37 39 43 46 51 53 54 56 56 56 58 64 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..25 26 28 29 30 31 32 32 31 30 28 25 20 FT wind gust.33 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 41 39 37 35 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S SW Eye lvl wnd spd.15 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 18 17 15 Eye lvl wnd gst.20 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 25 23 22 21 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 22 to 23 mph shifting to the north 16 to 23 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Eye level winds.....North winds 10 to 14 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........28 35 33 30 27 24 21 19 19 20 20 25 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............69 66 66 67 70 72 74 76 77 77 78 78 RH..............70 73 70 63 55 49 44 40 36 35 32 31 20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..23 22 22 22 23 22 21 20 18 17 16 16 20 FT wind gust.32 31 31 31 32 31 30 28 28 26 24 24 Eye lvl wnd dir.W NW NW NW N N N N N N N N Eye lvl wnd spd.14 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 11 10 10 10 Eye lvl wnd gst.19 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 17 16 14 14 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Showers and thunderstorms likely overnight. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 7 to 10 mph. LAL.................1 increasing to 3 in the evening, then increasing to 4 overnight. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........31 42 54 66 71 71 Weather cov..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LAL.............1 3 3 3 4 4 Temp............77 73 66 63 60 56 RH..............32 37 48 58 64 74 20 ft wind......N 17 NE 15 NE 12 NE 13 NE 14 NE 15 20 ft wind gust.25 22 15 17 21 22 Eye level wind..N 10 NE 9 NE 7 NE 8 NE 8 NE 9 Eye lvl wnd gst.15 13 9 10 13 13 Haines index....3 3 3 3 2 2 $$ Forecaster...Jurgensen/WFO LBF Requested by...Joanna LeMoine Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416303.0/LBF .DELDT 06/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL LeMoineJL@northplattene.gov,myersbw@northplattene.gov,nws.northplatte@noaa.gov