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SPOT FORECAST for Lakin Wildfire...Kansas Forest Service
National Weather Service DODGE CITY KS
201 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 CDT on April 01.
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,

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...

Strong southwest winds at 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph can
be expected through 7 pm. Winds will gradually shift to the west
and northwest this evening and overnight and decrease in speed.

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy blowing
                    dust early in the afternoon, then areas of
                    blowing dust late in the afternoon. Patchy
                    blowing dust late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds 26 to 29 mph with gusts
                    to around 41 mph.
Mixing height.......12900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 36 to 44 mph.

TIME (CDT)      2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........44     63
Weather cov.....PATCHY AREAS
Weather type....BLDUST BLDUST
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      10
Temp............77     80
RH..............17     14
20 ft wind......SW 26  SW 29
20 ft wind gust.36     41
Mix hgt (ft)....10800  12900
Transport wind..SW 36  SW 43

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Patchy blowing
                    dust early in the evening. Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the evening and overnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    evening and overnight, then decreasing to 10
                    percent overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. West winds 16 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    around 35 mph shifting to the northwest 11 to
                    14 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 26 to 33 mph becoming northwest 14 to 23
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........73     81     86     78     60     34
Weather cov.....PATCHY S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....BLDUST RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     20     20     20     10     0
Temp............76     67     57     51     47     42
RH..............16     21     28     34     48     62
20 ft wind......W 25   W 20   NW 17  NW 14  NW 11  NW 11
20 ft wind gust.35     29     24     18     16     16
Mix hgt (ft)....7600   600    500    500    900    400
Transport wind..W 33   W 26   NW 23  NW 18  NW 14  W 14

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 11 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 23 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........32     22     5      6      12     22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      10     0      0      0
Temp............36     37     45     53     60     64
RH..............75     70     49     30     18     13
20 ft wind......W 11   W 13   W 15   W 15   W 14   W 12
20 ft wind gust.16     18     20     20     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....400    600    3200   7100   9800   11500
Transport wind..W 15   W 17   NW 22  NW 23  W 22   W 18

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in
the lower 60s. East winds around 12 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Cooler. Mostly cloudy with showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in
the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 11 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Showers with snow showers likely. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds around 17 mph.

$$
Forecaster...FINCH
Requested by...George
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/01/25
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