Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
931
FNUS73 KLBF 111837
FWSLBF
Spot Forecast for Schrunk Rx Fire...Nebraska Game and Parks
National Weather Service North Platte NE
137 PM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0300 CDT on March 12.
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...
Winds will start out of the southwest early Wednesday morning
around 5 to 10 mph with gust up to 15 mph. Towards sunrise winds
will diminish to around 5 mph out of the southwest becoming light
and variable by mid morning. Winds will then shift to the east
southeast around 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Towards sunset
winds will shift to the south southeast around 5 to 10 mph through
early morning Thursday. Min RH values by Wednesday afternoon will
be around 30 percent.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 21 mph.
TIME (CDT) 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18 18 14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............39 38 36
RH..............62 67 72
20 FT wind dir..S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 7 6
20 FT wind gust.17 16 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S S SW
Transp wind spd.21 21 18
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming west around 5 mph
late in the morning shifting to the north
shifting to the northeast 5 to 6 mph early in
the afternoon shifting to the east.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
southwest around 3 mph early in the morning,
then becoming light early in the morning
becoming west around 3 mph late in the morning
shifting to the north shifting to the northeast
up to 4 mph early in the afternoon shifting to
the east.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 17 mph shifting to the west
around 7 mph late in the morning, then shifting
to the north early in the afternoon shifting to
the east around 8 mph in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 12 25 20 11 9 14 14 16 14 4 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............35 34 35 37 41 47 53 58 62 64 65 65
RH..............72 75 72 69 65 54 47 41 37 33 32 32
20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW W W N NE NE E E E
20 FT wind spd..6 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.12 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 12 10 10 10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S SW SW SW W W N NE NE E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.3 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W W N E E E E E
Transp wind spd.17 16 12 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph
overnight.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 4 mph
overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 9 mph shifting to the south 9 to 16
mph late in the evening.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17 11 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63 60 55 51 47 45 43 42 41 40 39 38
RH..............36 41 48 56 63 67 69 70 74 76 78 78
20 FT wind dir..E E NE E SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 13 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E NE E SE SE S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE SE S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 8 8 9 12 13 14 14 15 16
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 16 mph increasing to 16 to 20
mph late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 12 mph becoming 5 to 11 mph
early in the morning, then increasing to 10 to
12 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 23 mph shifting to the south 25
to 28 mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 13 12 10 9 11 14 15 17 21 23 28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............38 39 41 45 49 55 61 66 69 71 72 71
RH..............77 73 66 58 50 42 36 32 28 26 25 25
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 20 18
20 FT wind gust.14 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 11
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.8 5.0 6.2 4.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.17 17 17 16 16 16 17 20 23 26 28 25
$$
Forecaster...Gomez
Requested by...Cassidy Wessel, Wildlife Biologist
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505935.0/LBF
.DELDT 03/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cassidy.wessel@nebraska.gov