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Spot Forecast for McCookDispatch...McCook Dispatch
National Weather Service North Platte NE
602 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 CDT on July 02.
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.

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns remain low through much of the upcoming
forecast.

Temperatures will favor near to slightly above normal values
through the middle of next week. Simultaneously, increased
mugginess will preclude afternoon humidity minimums from falling
to critical levels.

Rain and thunderstorm chances will dot the forecast, focusing
Independence Day across central and eastern Nebraska then again
daily Sunday through Wednesday for much of the region. Potential
for wetting rains (> 0.25") appears reasonable, with
approximately a 50 percent probability Friday and around 20 to 30
percent potential each day Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 14 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   2   3   3   2   2   2   3   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............95  93  89  84  79  76  74  73  72  70  68  66
RH..............23  24  29  36  44  50  57  64  64  71  78  84
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..14  13  12  9   9   9   9   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.18  16  14  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   7   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  10  8   6

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 14 mph increasing to 20 to 21
                    mph in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 13 mph decreasing to up to 8
                    mph early in the morning, then increasing to 12
                    to 13 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   6   4   3   1   1   2   2   3   5   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  66  70  75  80  84  87  89  91  92  93  94
RH..............87  87  78  69  60  51  45  41  38  36  35  34
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   7   9   12  14  20  20  21  21  21  21
20 FT wind gust.                14  21  28  28  29  29  29  30
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   4   5   7   8   12  12  13  13  13  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.                8   13  17  17  17  17  17  18

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 21 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds 9 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   7   8   9   9   32  33  33  38  44  49  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............94  92  89  86  82  79  78  76  74  73  72  71
RH..............34  34  39  45  49  56  60  64  69  71  73  76
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..21  21  20  18  18  18  17  17  16  16  15  15
20 FT wind gust.30  30  29  28  28  26  26  25  24  24  23  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.13  13  12  11  11  11  10  10  10  10  9   9
Eye lvl wnd gst.18  18  17  17  17  16  16  15  14  14  14  14

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 18 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds 9 to 11 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  56  53  50  47  47  48  48  49  50  51  50
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............70  70  72  74  77  80  83  85  87  88  88  88
RH..............81  81  79  76  69  62  55  51  48  47  47  47
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..15  15  16  16  17  18  18  18  18  18  17  16
20 FT wind gust.23  23  23  24  24  25  25  26  26  28  26  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   9   10  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.14  14  14  14  14  15  15  16  16  17  16  14

$$
Forecaster...Buttler
Requested by...McCook County EMA
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/02/25
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