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SPOT FORECAST for City of Hays Mitigation...Hays Fire Department
National Weather Service DODGE CITY KS
1143 AM CST Mon Mar 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CST on March 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact us via NWS Chat, 800mhz radio or phone if you have
questions or concerns with this forecast,

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...

Gusty northwest winds expected mid/late Tuesday morning will give
way to strong north winds developing behind a cold front pushing
through central Kansas by early Tuesday afternoon. Sustained winds
around 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 to 65 mph are expected
through early evening before winds begin to slowly subside
overnight Tuesday night.

.DISCUSSION...

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the morning. Chance of rain late
                    in the morning, then rain likely in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent early in
                    the morning, then increasing to 30 percent late
                    in the morning increasing to 40 percent late in
                    the morning decreasing to 30 percent increasing
                    to 60 percent in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Southeast winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to
                    the southwest around 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 19 mph early in the morning, then
                    shifting to the northwest 15 to 20 mph with
                    gusts to around 30 mph late in the morning
                    increasing to north 25 to 32 mph with gusts to
                    around 50 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph shifting to the west around
                    13 mph late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the north 18 to 24 mph late in the morning
                    increasing to around 33 mph early in the
                    afternoon increasing to 43 to 46 mph.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  20  21  22  35  48  61  68  74  81  83  86
Weather cov.....        SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....        RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  20  30  40  30  60  60  60  60  60  60
Temp............39  41  42  44  47  49  50  48  44  40  37  36
RH..............50  50  51  55  53  49  48  49  53  57  59  64
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW
20 FT wind spd..8   9   12  15  18  20  25  27  29  32  32  32
20 FT wind gust.13  14  19  23  28  30  37  39  44  50  47  50
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.6 2.1 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  W   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.16  13  10  13  18  24  33  43  46  46  46  46

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of rain
                    early in the evening. Chance of snow in the
                    evening.
CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 0 percent overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Northwest winds 27 to 34 mph with gusts
                    to around 51 mph decreasing to 21 to 24 mph
                    with gusts to around 35 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 38 to 45 mph becoming northwest 28 to 35
                    mph overnight.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........89  86  84  81  70  60  49  38  26  15  12  9
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RS  RS  RS  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30  30  30  30  30  30  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  37  36  35  34  34  33  32  31  30  29  27
RH..............67  69  73  73  73  67  66  66  66  66  66  67
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..34  33  31  30  29  29  29  29  28  27  24  21
20 FT wind gust.50  51  50  48  45  44  42  42  42  39  35  30
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.45  45  45  44  41  38  35  33  33  32  30  28

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the lower 50s. South
winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs around 50. West winds around 12 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Lows in the mid
20s. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...J JOHNSON
Requested by...T Detrixhe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2504775.0/DDC
.DELDT 03/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tdetrixhe@haysusa.com