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Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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Spot Forecast for Unit 16 West...USFWS
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1216 AM CDT Sun May 12 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on May 12.
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...
Winds will be light out of the southwest through the early morning
hours. Winds will then shift to the northeast mid-morning to
early afternoon, but remain light around 5 to 10 mph. A 20 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.
Min RH value around 26% in the afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
LAL.................1 until 1300, then 2 until 1600, then 3.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
northeast 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 7 mph shifting to the
northeast 8 to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 14 mph shifting to the north 10 to 14
mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 5 5 7 9 11 14 23 32 41 51 51
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
Temp............51 49 54 59 68 74 76 78 79 80 78 78
RH..............81 88 78 69 50 40 33 33 28 27 30 30
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W W N N NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..7 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 6 8 9 10
20 FT wind gust.9 12 12 12 9 8 8 7 8 12 13 15
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW W W W W N N NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 7 8 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.3 3.7 6.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.14 14 12 10 8 6 6 7 8 10 12 14
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
LAL.................3 until 0100, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 7 mph shifting to the
northwest around 4 mph in the late evening and
overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 12 mph shifting to the
northwest 6 to 7 mph in the late evening and
overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest
9 to 10 mph overnight, then shifting to the
north around 10 mph after 3 am.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51 51 51 47 44 40 36 33 34 35 36 31
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Temp............76 71 68 63 60 58 57 55 54 51 50 48
RH..............32 43 43 53 62 67 67 75 70 75 78 81
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT wind spd..12 10 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.16 15 13 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW N
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 3.7 2.6 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE N W W W N N N
Transp wind spd.16 16 14 10 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
northeast 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 12 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or or low to or moderate potential for
large plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27 22 25 29 32 33 34 35 33 32 30 28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Temp............46 47 50 55 61 65 68 70 72 73 73 73
RH..............85 80 74 64 53 46 42 39 37 37 37 37
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.9 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.1 3.3 4.4 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.8
Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 10 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 12
Haines index....5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
$$
Forecaster...Gomez
Requested by...John Graham
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/12/24
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.EMAIL john_graham@fws.gov