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Spot Forecast for Alan Doyle Rd Fire...Region 51 EMA
National Weather Service North Platte NE
101 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0100 CDT on August 18.
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...

Increased moisture from recent rainfall will keep RH values near
100 percent during the overnight hours and above 40 percent
across much of the region this afternoon. Afternoon temperatures
will rise into the mid 80s with afternoon wind gusts also
increasing to near 15 to 20 mph. Winds are expected to diminish
after sunset, but an increasing potential for isolated thunderstorms
are expected by late afternoon and early evening. These showers
and storms could produce some gusty erratic winds as well as
frequent lightning. Showers will become more widespread after
Midnight Wednesday morning, however, QPF values will remain under
a quarter inch. Overnight lows both tonight and Tuesday night will
drop into the low 60s.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 10 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 6 mph.

TIME (CDT)      1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21  37  36  33  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............69  69  68  66  65
RH..............88  88  89  94  97
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  9   8
20 FT wind gust.10  13  18  17  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   SE  SE  S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   6   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   8   11  10  8

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 8 to 13 mph late in the morning.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    south up to 4 mph early in the morning, then
                    shifting to the east around 4 mph late in the
                    morning shifting to the northeast 5 to 8 mph
                    late in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53  71  74  71  54  44  40  32  26  25  23  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  63  65  67  72  75  78  82  84  84  86  84
RH..............94  99  98  93  81  76  69  59  56  52  49  50
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   E   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..7   5   6   6   7   8   9   10  12  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.12  9   10  10  13  14  16  18  20  20  21  22
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   E   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   3   4   4   4   5   5   6   7   7   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   5   6   6   8   8   10  11  12  12  13  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the evening, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 13 mph early in the
                    evening shifting to the east 5 to 8 mph, then
                    shifting to the south around 5 mph overnight
                    becoming light becoming south around 5 mph
                    after 3 am becoming light. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    shifting to the east up to 5 mph, then shifting
                    to the south around 3 mph overnight becoming
                    light becoming south around 3 mph after 3 am
                    becoming light.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........53  62  72  86  84  72  83  69  61  77  43  37
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............84  82  77  74  71  69  68  67  66  65  64  63
RH..............52  55  67  74  84  90  90  93  93  97  100 100
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   S   SE  S   NE
20 FT wind spd..13  13  10  9   8   7   6   5   5   3   5   3
20 FT wind gust.21  20  17  17  15  13  12  10  8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   S   SE  S   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   3   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  12  10  10  9   8   7   6   5   5   5   4

$$
Forecaster...Kulik
Requested by...Brandon Myers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619899.0/LBF
.DELDT 08/18/26
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.EMAIL myersbw@northplattene.gov