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Spot Forecast for Newport Fire...Rock County Emergency Management
National Weather Service North Platte NE
434 PM CDT Mon Sep 30 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on September 30.
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 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Gusty north to northwest winds will remain steady through 9 PM.
Expect sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts as high as 35 mph
through 9 PM before winds subside down to 20 mph or less through
the overnight. Clear skies prevail with low temperatures falling
into the upper-30s. Minimum relative humidity values will remain
in the 15 to 20% range through sunset with poor overnight recovery
anticipated with relative humidity values near 60%.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 23 mph decreasing to 7 to
                    13 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 13 mph decreasing to up
                    to 5 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........5 moderate.

TIME (CDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   5   9   12  15  19  22  16  11  5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............68  66  64  59  55  52  49  47  46  44  43  41  39
RH..............19  20  22  26  31  36  40  43  43  47  49  52  54
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..23  21  18  17  15  13  12  10  10  9   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.32  29  26  25  23  21  20  18  17  16  15  14  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  13  11  10  9   8   7   6   6   5   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.19  17  16  15  14  13  12  11  10  10  9   8   8
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    9 to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or 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 (%).........5   5   5   5   5   10  16  21  20  20  19  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............38  36  35  41  49  54  58  60  63  66  67  67
RH..............57  59  61  50  39  31  23  22  19  17  16  16
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   5   5   5   6   7   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.12  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   12  14  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   7   8   9   9
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Viken/WFO LBF
Requested by...Emergency Manager
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423315.0/LBF
.DELDT 09/30/24
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.EMAIL em@browncountyne.gov