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Spot Forecast for West Anderson Fire...Cherry County EMA
National Weather Service North Platte NE
444 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on August 20.
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 threat for rain or thunderstorms has ended for Thursday at the
fire location. Winds will favor a north-northwesterly direction
with peak gusts around 15 to 20 mph. Winds should then diminish
closer to 6-7 pm MDT with slight veering to the east expected.
Speeds overnight should remain at or below 10 mph in the valley,
with slightly stronger gusts to the south towards McKelvie. Lows
tonight will fall into the lower 60s and this will promote
humidity recovery around 80 to 90 percent.

Uncertainty regarding the forecast exists Friday morning.
Convection may try to form off the eastern extent of the Pine
Ridge and should this happen, could threat the immediate area with
additional thunderstorms capable of gusty winds in addition to
lightning. At this time, confidence in this outcome is low so will
continue to monitor. For the bulk of the day Friday, winds will
favor the east at or around 10 to 20 mph with afternoon highs
climbing to near 90F and humidity falling to around 40 percent.
Any afternoon thunderstorm potential should remain to the south
and east leaving the area dry. Good humidity recovery appears
likely again Friday night with values forecast to exceed 90
percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 10 mph.
Eye level winds.....North winds around 6 mph.

TIME (CDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............90
RH..............29
20 FT wind dir..N
20 FT wind spd..10
20 FT wind gust.14
Eye lvl wnd dir.N
Eye lvl wnd spd.6
Eye lvl wnd gst.8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 7 mph overnight.
Eye level winds.....North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast up to 5 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   3   3   7   10  13  17  20  27  25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............89  87  84  79  75  72  70  69  68  67  65  64
RH..............29  29  32  41  48  53  59  61  65  68  75  81
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   9   8   8   8   7   7   6   6   6   5   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  13  13  12  12  10  9   9   8   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   3   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 13 mph.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 8 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........26     28     22     22     21     21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............63     66     75     84     89     92
RH..............84     84     69     51     42     36
20 ft wind......SE 6   S 7    S 9    SE 8   SE 10  SE 12
20 ft wind gust.10     12     14     12     16     18
Eye level wind..SE 4   S 4    S 5    SE 5   SE 6   SE 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.6      7      8      7      10     11

$$
Forecaster...Jurgensen
Requested by...Jessica Coyle
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620117.0/LBF
.DELDT 08/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nws.northplatte@noaa.gov,cherrycoem@cherrycountyne.gov