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Spot Forecast for Midway Lake Fire...Eustis Fire Department
National Weather Service Hastings NE
659 PM CST Thu Feb 26 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CST on February 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions are expected to continue tonight on into the day on
Friday, with overall little in the way of cloud cover. Expecting
winds to remain light and variable through this evening, turning
westerly after midnight tonight, with speeds closer to 10 MPH
possible near sunrise Friday morning. As the morning hours pass,
models show winds turning more west-northwesterly, then turn more
northwesterly early-mid afternoon. Peak speeds look to be around
15 MPH from near midday through mid afternoon...speeds diminish
late in the afternoon, potentially turning more variable in
direction. Expecting afternoon high temperatures to reach into the
upper 60s, with minimum relative humidity values between 10-15
percent possible.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable winds around 5 mph shifting to become
                    more westerly 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph shifting to the west 18
                    to 21 mph overnight.

TIME (CST)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   4   3   3   2   3   3   4   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55  50  45  43  42  40  39  39  38  37  36
RH..............25  28  32  35  36  43  45  45  47  50  50
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   9   10
20 FT wind gust.8   7   7   7   8   13  14  14  15  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   10  14  14  16  18  20  20  21

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 21 mph decreasing to 6 to 10
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   4   5   4   3   4   4   2   2   3   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  33  37  45  52  57  61  66  67  67  68  67
RH..............52  56  50  37  31  24  21  16  15  14  14  15
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..10  12  13  13  13  13  13  12  10  9   7   5
20 FT wind gust.16  18  19  20  20  19  19  18  16  15  12  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.9 3.7 4.5 3.1 1.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.21  21  20  20  21  16  15  12  10  9   7   6

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph
                    overnight, then shifting to the southwest
                    around 6 mph overnight shifting to the west
                    around 7 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 16 mph after 3 am, then shifting to the
                    northwest early in the morning.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   5   4   4   3   2   2   1   2   3   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  57  49  46  44  43  41  39  36  34  32  31
RH..............17  21  28  32  35  36  39  43  47  51  53  54
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..4   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.6   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   11  11  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.6   7   8   9   10  12  13  14  15  16  16  16

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 18 mph shifting to the northeast 12
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   6   6   9   11  14  12  9   7   10  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............29  31  33  36  40  44  49  51  53  55  53  50
RH..............55  53  52  50  42  36  30  27  25  22  24  25
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   10  10  10  12
20 FT wind gust.13  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.7
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.16  17  18  18  17  16  14  13  12  12  12  13

$$
Forecaster...ADP
Requested by...Eustis Fire Chief
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604184.0/GID
.DELDT 02/26/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dustinfischer30@yahoo.com