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Spot Forecast for Chase County Brush Fire...Chase county dispatch
National Weather Service North Platte NE
623 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 MDT on April 25.
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...

*Tornado Watch in effect until 9PM*

Winds will be quite gusty from the east to southeast into early tonight with
gusts to 40mph, and there will be thunderstorms in the area. The storms may
produce locally stronger and erratic winds. There will also be lightning and
some storms may produce large hail, though the threat for tornadoes appears
to be diminishing. Thunderstorms and winds be diminishing after Midnight and
widespread wetting rainfall is expected to develop with additional showers and
thunderstorms towards daybreak. Winds will then shift to the northwest and
increase through Friday morning.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Thunderstorms likely early in
                    the evening. Rain showers likely through the
                    night. Thunderstorms likely overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 9 to 18 mph with gusts to around 30
                    mph shifting to the northwest around 10 mph
                    with gusts to around 22 mph after 3 am. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late evening
                    and overnight.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 11 mph decreasing to 5 to 11
                    mph with gusts to around 18 mph in the late
                    evening and overnight, then shifting to the
                    north around 6 mph after 3 am shifting to the
                    northwest with gusts to around 13 mph after 3
                    am.
LAL.................5 decreasing to 4 late in the evening, then
                    increasing to 5 overnight decreasing to 4 after
                    3 am.
Haines Index........3 very low.

TIME (MDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........66  91  87  91  86  88  77  84  78  82
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
LAL.............5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   4   4
Temp............63  61  58  58  56  56  55  54  54  53
RH..............75  81  90  86  93  90  93  90  86  89
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   SE  NE  N   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..18  18  18  16  13  10  9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.40  36  30  25  20  15  14  16  18  22
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  NE  N   NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.11  11  11  10  8   6   5   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.14  17  18  15  12  9   8   10  11  13
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny. Rain
                    showers and chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 12 to 21 mph increasing
                    to 22 to 25 mph with gusts to around 36 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Breezy. Northwest winds 8 to 15 mph increasing
                    to 13 to 15 mph with gusts to around 22 mph in
                    the afternoon.
LAL.................4 decreasing to 3 in the morning and early
                    afternoon, then decreasing to 2 late in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low.

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........79  84  92  94  95  94  94  90  79  75  75  43
Weather cov.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
LAL.............4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
Temp............53  53  53  54  56  58  59  61  63  65  67  67
RH..............86  86  86  83  77  72  69  62  58  54  49  49
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..12  14  15  16  18  21  23  25  24  23  23  22
20 FT wind gust.24  21  22  25  26  30  32  36  35  35  36  32
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   8   9   10  11  13  14  15  14  14  14  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.14  13  13  15  16  18  19  22  21  21  22  19
Haines index....3   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Sporer
Requested by...Bart
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2412508.0/LBF
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dispatch@chasecountyne.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
