Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Lemke Prescribed Fire...Nebraska Game and Parks
National Weather Service North Platte NE
503 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0400 CDT on May 30.
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...

The overnight low reaches around 47 degrees, with humidity
recovery around 93 to 96 percent. For Friday, the high
temperatures reaches around 79 degrees. Relative humidity around
time of ignition will be around 55 percent, with the afternoon
minimum down to 32 percent. Winds will start out of the west-
southwest around 5 to 10 mph, taking on a more west-northwest
direction around 4 PM CDT, remaining around 5 to 10 mph.

Overnight humidity recovers to around 75 percent, with a low
around 54. For Saturday, the high climbs to around 80 degrees,
with minimum humidity values around 35 percent. Winds become more
northwesterly to northerly on Saturday, with winds around 10 to 15
mph, gusting up to 20 mph.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  47
RH..............86  93
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    west late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    west around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    9 to 10 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  26  25  22  22  21  20  25  24  23  24  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46  48  53  59  65  69  70  71  73  75  77  78
RH..............96  93  80  69  58  49  45  44  40  37  35  33
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  10  13  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.9 4.4 5.1 5.8 6.3 6.7 6.9 6.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   8   9   8   8   9   8   9   9   10

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 4 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming west up
                    to 4 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 7 mph decreasing to 5 to
                    6 mph early in the evening, then becoming light
                    late in the evening becoming west 5 to 7 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........24  25  25  25  25  18  10  3   4   4   4   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79  78  75  70  66  62  60  58  57  56  55  54
RH..............32  35  38  45  52  62  64  69  72  72  74  74
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   2   2   3   5   5   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.12  10  8   3   3   6   8   9   10  12  12  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   3   1   1   2   3   3   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   6   5   2   2   4   5   5   6   7   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 6.0 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  9   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   7   8   9

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph increasing to 6 to
                    8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  18  13  8   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  56  60  66  71  74  76  77  78  79  80  81
RH..............77  74  72  63  55  50  45  42  39  36  35  34
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   8   9   10  12  13  13  13  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.14  15  16  17  18  20  20  20  20  20  20  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   9   10  10  11  12  12  12  12  12  12  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.6 4.6 5.6 6.0 6.4 6.8 6.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  15  16  16  17  17  18  20  20  18

$$
Forecaster...Richie/WFO LBF
Requested by...Cassidy Wessel, Wildlife Biologist
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514901.0/LBF
.DELDT 05/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cassidy.wessel@nebraska.gov, nws.northplatte@noaa.gov