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Spot Forecast for N. Burlington Fire...Dispatch
National Weather Service Goodland KS
637 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 MDT on June 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (785) 899-2360 or via 800MHz radio
if you have questions or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will start becoming more from the southeast over the rest of
the evening, before favoring coming out of the east overnight and
into tomorrow, mainly in the 15-25 MPH range. However, storms
across the region are expected this evening through tomorrow. Kit
Carson is in a Tornado Watch until 11 PM. These storms will bring
chaotic, strong winds, including the potential for winds in excess
of 60 MPH.

An outflow near Idalia as of 6:30 PM may reach the fire location
around 9-9:30 PM. This could spark additional storms and/or lead
to gusty winds from the north around 20-30 MPH. Additional storms
are north of Anton and moving to the southeast. If these storms
survive, they look to reach the fire location around 9:30-10 PM.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Thunderstorms
                    likely in the evening. Rain showers likely
                    through the night. Chance of thunderstorms
                    after midnight. Patchy fog late in the night.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 20 percent early in
                    the evening, then increasing to 50 percent late
                    in the evening increasing to 70 percent late in
                    the evening decreasing to 50 percent decreasing
                    to 30 percent late in the night.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 15 to 18 mph shifting to the
                    east 13 to 16 mph after midnight. Gusts up to
                    30 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the night.

TIME (MDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........68  72  83  89  92  79  82  84  82  78  82
Weather cov.....CHC SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............40  20  50  70  70  70  50  50  50  30  30
Temp............78  74  70  66  65  63  62  60  58  60  60
RH..............56  64  74  87  90  97  97  100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..18  17  16  16  15  16  15  13  16  14  13
20 FT wind gust.29  28  28  29  30  30  29  26  25  24  23

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Showers likely and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................50 percent increasing to 70 percent in the
                    morning, then decreasing to 40 percent early in
                    the afternoon decreasing to 30 percent late in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 26
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms until late afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  93  92  88  89  84  81  74  68  64  55  47
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............50  70  70  70  70  70  40  40  40  30  30  30
Temp............60  62  64  64  65  66  66  69  70  70  71  69
RH..............100 93  90  90  87  84  84  76  73  73  71  76
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  E
20 FT wind spd..13  12  12  12  12  10  12  12  13  14  14  15
20 FT wind gust.23  24  24  24  25  25  25  25  26  26  26  26

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    evening. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog late
                    in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent increasing to 30 percent late in the
                    evening, then decreasing to 20 percent after
                    midnight decreasing to 10 percent early in the
                    morning.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 15 mph shifting to the south 7
                    to 10 mph after midnight. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms until early
                    morning.

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........52        66        84        82
Weather cov.....S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
CWR.............20        20        20        10
Temp............67        60        58        56
RH..............81        100       100       100
20 FT wind dir..E         E         E         S
20 FT wind spd..15        12        10        9
20 FT wind gust.24        20        16        14

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 22
                    mph in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........71        55        29        34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............58        65        74        81
RH..............93        87        69        51
20 FT wind dir..S         S         S         S
20 FT wind spd..8         13        17        20
20 FT wind gust.13        20        26        31

$$
Forecaster...CA
Requested by...Dispatcher
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2616159.0/GLD
.DELDT 06/24/26
.EMAIL codi.fadenrecht@kitcarsoncounty.org