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Spot Forecast for VTN Fire...Cherry County EM
National Weather Service North Platte NE
140 PM CDT Thu Oct 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 CDT on October 03.
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...
Northeast winds gusting to 30 mph this afternoon will gradually
diminish to 15 mph or less with the approach of sunset. Light east
winds 5 to 10 mph are likely after sunset this evening. Near calm
winds are likely by midnight lasting into Friday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 15 to 23 mph.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 9 to 14 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  27  27  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1
Temp............65  66  67  65
RH..............31  29  28  30
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..23  20  16  15
20 FT wind gust.32  28  24  22
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  12  10  9
Eye lvl wnd gst.19  17  14  13
Haines index....4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    east around 5 mph overnight, then becoming
                    light overnight becoming south around 5 mph
                    after 3 am.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 8 mph decreasing to up
                    to 8 mph in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southeast around 3 mph overnight becoming light
                    overnight becoming south around 3 mph.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   4   4   3   3   3   9   3   3   3   1   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  61  54  50  49  46  45  45  43  41  40  38
RH..............32  35  47  56  58  65  70  70  73  76  76  82
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..13  14  10  9   7   6   5   5   3   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.18  21  17  14  12  10  8   8   7   8   9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   6   5   4   4   3   3   2   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  13  10  8   7   6   5   5   4   5   5   5
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Patchy frost early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 14 mph increasing to 17 to 24
                    mph with gusts to around 35 mph late in the
                    morning.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 14 mph decreasing to 5 to 10
                    mph with gusts to around 17 mph early in the
                    morning, then increasing to 12 to 14 mph with
                    gusts to around 21 mph in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 low.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   2   3   4   4   3   3   1   1   2   2
Weather cov.....        PTY
Weather type....        FST
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............38  37  36  42  52  58  64  69  72  74  76  77
RH..............82  89  92  73  52  40  32  27  25  23  22  23
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   9   10  14  17  20  22  22  24  24  24
20 FT wind gust.10  12  15  18  23  28  30  31  33  35  35  35
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   6   8   10  12  13  13  14  14  14
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   7   9   11  14  17  18  19  20  21  21  21
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Cole
Requested by...Emergency Manager/Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423559.0/LBF
.DELDT 10/03/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL katie.ormesher@cherrycountyne.gov,cherrycoem@cherrycountyne.gov