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Spot Forecast for Paxton Wildfire...Ogallala dispatch
National Weather Service North Platte NE
316 PM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on September 27.
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.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Conditions will be sunny, warm and dry at the fire site into this
evening though easterly winds will be light generally 10 mph or
less. No significant weather is expected with no wetting rainfall.
Winds become light and variable after dark with a very slow
recovery for humidity as temperatures cool. Mixing will diminish
after sunset with poor smoke dispersion.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 8 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1
Temp............86  87
RH..............29  27
20 FT wind dir..E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   7
20 FT wind gust.13  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   7
Haines index....5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 4 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or or low to or moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   4   5   3   2   1   2   3   2   4   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............85  82  77  70  65  63  60  57  55  54  52  52
RH..............29  33  39  48  57  61  68  71  76  82  85  84
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  9   7   6   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   5   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Sporer
Requested by...Kyle Gartrell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423150.0/LBF
.DELDT 09/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kdecoste@keithcountyne.gov