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Spot Forecast for Dawson county wildfire...Dawson county EM
National Weather Service Hastings NE
Issued by National Weather Service North Platte NE
412 PM CDT Tue Oct 22 2024
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on October 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Northerly winds will continue to gust near 20mph through late
this afternoon, then diminish after sunset with loss of heating
with a veer to a more northeasterly direction. Relative humidity
is currently at minimum around 35 percent with recovery to near 90
percent gradually occurring overnight. Winds remain light into
early Wednesday morning, then increase during the afternoon with
some gusts near 15mph as direction veers through east to south.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 16 to 17 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............72 70
RH..............35 38
20 FT wind dir..N N
20 FT wind spd..13 12
20 FT wind gust.20 18
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 2.6
Transp wind dir.N N
Transp wind spd.17 16
Haines index....5 5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 13 to 16 mph decreasing to around 12
mph early in the morning.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2 6 9 10 23 17 31 20 34 50 47 36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............67 61 56 53 51 49 48 46 46 45 45 44
RH..............42 53 66 74 80 86 86 89 89 86 86 86
20 FT wind dir..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5
20 FT wind gust.15 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.14 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 13 12
Haines index....5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
morning becoming light, then becoming southeast
5 to 8 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the south 8
to 17 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61 67 44 27 30 38 12 9 5 13 5 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............43 43 42 44 48 52 55 58 61 61 63 61
RH..............89 86 89 82 71 56 49 42 38 36 35 38
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.12 12 10 9 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.4 2.8
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE E SE SE S S S S S
Transp wind spd.10 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 12 15 15 17
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
$$
Forecaster...MBS
Requested by...Brian Woldt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 10/22/24
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.EMAIL brian.woldt@dawsoncountyne.org