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Spot Forecast for WTREX Niobrara...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service North Platte NE
820 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 28.
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...

A storm system affecting the central Rockies and southern Plains
will move north into Nebraska tonight and Sunday. The storm system
will be located over South Dakota Sunday night. Wetting rains with
rainfall totals of 1/2 to 1 inch are expected across northern
Nebraska by Sunday evening.

Drier weather will move into northern Nebraska Monday with
afternoon humidity falling to around 40 percent. Humidity near 30
percent is expected Tuesday afternoon.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers early in the morning, then
                    showers likely early in the afternoon. Chance
                    of showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 13 to 16 mph.
Eye level winds.....North winds 8 to 10 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 18 to 21 mph.
Haines Index........2 very low.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........98  98  99  98  97  96  96  96  97  96
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............40  39  43  44  45  45  45  45  45  46
RH..............96  100 89  82  79  79  79  79  79  76
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..13  14  14  15  15  16  16  15  15  14
20 FT wind gust.18  18  20  21  21  22  22  22  21  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8   9   9   10  10  9   9   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  11  12  13  13  13  13  13  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.18  21  21  21  20  20  20  20  21  20
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the
                    evening.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 13 mph.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 18 mph.
Haines Index........2 very low.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94  93  90  87  84  81  77  74  70  67  64  61
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............44  43  42  39  39  38  37  37  36  36  35  34
RH..............79  82  86  92  92  96  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..13  13  12  10  10  9   9   9   9   10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.18  17  16  15  14  13  13  13  14  14  14  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  10  10  9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.18  16  16  15  13  16  16  15  16  16  17  16
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 10 mph.
Eye level winds.....West winds 5 to 6 mph.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........2 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 (%).........58  55  42  28  15  11  8   5   7   10  13  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............33  33  36  41  45  50  54  57  61  63  65  67
RH..............100 100 96  89  79  68  59  53  46  43  40  39
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.8 4.5 5.3 6.1 5.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  16  16  16  15
Haines index....2   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Cole
Requested by...Lyndsey Lascheck
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412021.5/LBF
.DELDT 04/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lyndsey.lascheck@tnc.org
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
