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Spot Forecast for Tree Pile Burn...Thomas County/Village of Thedford
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1017 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 28.
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...

Ongoing rain across the southern Sandhills will expand further
north into the Thedford area by midday Tuesday. Precipitation via
rain/snow water equivalent should exceed a tenth of an inch and
perhaps approach 0.20". Temperatures, beneath cloudy skies with
precipitation in the area, will struggle to warm much today as
highs only reach the middle to upper 40s. Winds will remain fairly
light and variable, perhaps favoring a southerly direction with
speeds of less than 10 mph likely.

Precipitation exits tonight with temperatures falling as skies
clear. Low temperatures should reach the upper 20s with excellent
humidity recovery likely as patchy fog develops. Winds will
gradually shift to the west by early morning Wednesday with speeds
continuing to hold below 10 mph. Warmer temperatures arrive for
Wednesday and again Thursday as afternoon highs settle around 60F.
This will allow for afternoon humidity to fall to around 30
percent each day. Winds will favor northwest on Wednesday,
becoming more northerly on Thursday but gusts should remain in the
15-20 mph range each day. Expecting some drier conditions on
Friday with similar temperatures then a warming trend into the
weekend with highs climbing to the 70s and some modest fire
weather concerns.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Showers late in the morning, then
                    showers likely late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................80 percent decreasing to 60 percent.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92  91  92  92  91  92  93
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............80  80  80  70  70  60  60
LAL.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............39  40  40  41  42  42  42
RH..............82  79  82  79  79  76  76
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  10  10  10  9
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   7   6   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of showers early in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the west 5 to 8
                    mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........93  94  93  81  58  37  14  19  25  24  33  38
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............40  30  20  20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............43  43  42  39  37  36  34  33  32  32  30  30
RH..............76  76  79  92  96  100 100 100 100 96  100 100
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   8   6   5   6   5   5   6   6   7   7   7
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.2 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   NW  W   NW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   5   6   7   7   8   7   7   6   7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of showers in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest around 9 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 30 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........43     46     29     25     31     46
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      30     30
LAL.............M      M      M      M      M      M
Temp............30     31     44     54     60     62
RH..............100    100    73     48     35     31
20 ft wind......W 2    W 2    SW 5   SW 6   W 8    W 9
20 ft wind gust.8      10     10     13     15     17
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1600   4300   6900   7900
Transport wind..W 7    W 6    W 7    W 8    W 10   W 13

$$
Forecaster...Jurgensen
Requested by...Park Department
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/28/26
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.EMAIL villageofthedford@gmail.com,nws.northplatte@noaa.gov