FNUS73 KLBF 172301 FWSLBF Spot Forecast for Wild Fire...Region 51 Emergency Managament National Weather Service North Platte NE 601 PM CDT Thu Oct 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on October 17. 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. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Expect strong southerly winds to continue well into late evening hours will not much fall off in wind speeds overnight. Winds will remain southerly with no change in wind direction expected over the next 24 hours. RH recovery tonight will be marginal with RH recovery only around 70 percent toward daybreak on Friday. Expect wind speeds to continue at 20 to 30 MPH through late evening, remaining at around 20 to 25 MPH overnight. Conditions will be windy on Friday, however, low level moisture will increase Friday morning leading to minimum RH Friday afternoon around 45 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........18 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 21 mph. Eye level winds.....South winds around 13 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........4 low. TIME (CDT) 5PM Sky (%).........13 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 Temp............80 RH..............20 20 FT wind dir..S 20 FT wind spd..21 20 FT wind gust.29 Eye lvl wnd dir.S Eye lvl wnd spd.13 Eye lvl wnd gst.17 Haines index....4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. South winds 22 to 28 mph with gusts to around 39 mph. Eye level winds.....Breezy. South winds 13 to 17 mph with gusts to around 23 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 23 53 55 66 69 79 76 75 68 66 57 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............77 74 71 69 67 66 65 65 63 63 61 59 RH..............24 27 31 36 40 43 46 48 52 52 58 62 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..22 23 24 26 28 28 26 25 24 24 24 24 20 FT wind gust.31 32 33 37 39 39 37 36 33 33 33 33 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.13 14 14 16 17 17 16 15 14 14 14 14 Eye lvl wnd gst.19 19 20 22 23 23 22 22 20 20 20 20 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........46 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 18 to 23 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Eye level winds.....South winds 11 to 14 mph. LAL.................1 increasing to 3 late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 very low. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........53 47 52 50 43 49 63 74 77 79 82 80 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 Temp............56 55 55 57 61 66 69 72 74 74 72 70 RH..............72 74 77 77 70 61 55 49 46 46 51 57 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..23 22 22 22 21 22 22 21 21 21 20 18 20 FT wind gust.32 31 31 31 29 31 31 29 29 29 28 25 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 Eye lvl wnd gst.19 19 19 19 17 19 19 17 17 17 17 15 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...Buttler Requested by...Brandon Myers Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2424377.0/LBF .DELDT 10/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL myersbw@northplattene.gov