Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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Spot Forecast for Roscoe Prescribed...Keith County EM
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1102 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 05.
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...
Skies remain mostly clear throughout the day, with highs climbing
near 49 south of Roscoe. Afternoon humidity values drop to around
24 percent, however winds at the surface today remain below
critical fire weather criteria. Winds remain mostly out of the
northwest, before becoming slightly more northerly around Noon
MDT. Winds remain fairly steady around 10-15 mph until 6 PM MDT,
when winds begin to calm. Overnight, winds become light and
variable, generally under 5 mph, until around 4 AM MDT. By 4 AM,
winds take on a westerly direction, remaining around 5 mph. Humidity
recovers to around 80 percent overnight. The overnight low is
expected to drop to 21 degrees, but may trend a few degrees colder
under clear skies. Temperatures steadily climb to around 50
degrees by Noon MDT Sunday, as skies become partly cloudy.
Relative humidly drops to around 30 percent by Noon. Winds remain
westerly through the morning, but by Noon MDT Sunday, begin to
take a northwesterly direction, increasing to 10 mph.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 13 mph.
Eye level winds.....North winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 16 to 18 mph.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 6 7 7 7 8 8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............36 39 42 44 46 47 48
RH..............43 36 34 31 27 26 25
20 FT wind dir..NW N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..10 12 13 13 13 13 12
20 FT wind gust.15 16 17 17 17 17 16
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.6 7 8 8 8 8 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.1 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.1
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.18 18 17 16 16 16 16
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 21.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Eye level winds.....North winds around 6 mph decreasing to up to 5
mph early in the evening, then becoming light
in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 16 mph shifting to the east around 6
mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
south overnight shifting to the southwest 7 to
9 mph overnight.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 6 7 8 9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49 47 43 38 35 32 30 28 26 25 24 23
RH..............24 26 31 39 44 52 59 62 67 70 75 78
20 FT wind dir..N N N N E S S SW SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 9 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT wind gust.15 13 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N E S S SW SW W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 8 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...5.9 5.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N N N N N E SE S SW SW W W
Transp wind spd.16 15 9 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the
morning and early afternoon, then shifting to
the northwest around 9 mph late in the
afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west up to 5 mph in the
morning and early afternoon, then shifting to
the northwest around 5 mph late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest 7 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 21 23 25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............23 22 24 28 37 43 49 53 57 59 60 60
RH..............79 82 76 66 48 38 32 27 23 22 21 21
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.5 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 12 13 13 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 2.5 4.0 5.5 5.9 6.4 6.8 6.6
Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.8 9 8 8 8 6 7 8 9 10 10 10
$$
Forecaster...Richie/WFO LBF
Requested by...Keith County
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508932.0/LBF
.DELDT 04/05/25
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.EMAIL jshaw@keithcountyne.gov, nws.northplatte@noaa.gov