FNUS73 KGID 222112 FWSGID 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 .TAG 2424654.0/GID .DELDT 10/22/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brian.woldt@dawsoncountyne.org