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Spot Forecast for Sutherland Fire...North Platte 911
National Weather Service North Platte NE
326 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on May 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...

An east southeast wind 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph can be expected
this afternoon. Humidty near 50 percent will increase to 61 percent by
5 pm. A threat for thunderstorms after 5 pm.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southeast winds around 26 mph with
                    gusts to around 37 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Eye level winds.....Breezy. Southeast winds around 16 mph with
                    gusts to around 22 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  85
Weather cov.....SCH CHC
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC
Temp............68  69
RH..............59  61
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..26  26
20 FT wind gust.37  37
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.16  16
Eye lvl wnd gst.22  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers with thunderstorms
                    likely in the evening, then rain showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 17 to 24 mph decreasing to 10 to 14
                    mph overnight, then shifting to the northwest
                    after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight, then gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 14 mph shifting to the
                    east 8 to 13 mph in the evening and overnight,
                    then decreasing to 6 to 7 mph overnight
                    shifting to the northwest around 5 mph after 3
                    am.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........84  97  97  98  98  95  93  91  80  69  59  56
Weather cov.....CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............67  65  63  59  57  56  55  55  54  54  52  50
RH..............68  78  83  90  93  96  96  96  100 96  100 100
20 FT wind dir..SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..24  22  22  21  18  17  14  13  12  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.33  31  31  29  28  25  23  20  18  17  16  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.14  13  13  13  11  10  8   8   7   6   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.20  19  19  17  17  15  14  12  11  10  10  9

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers late in the afternoon, then slight
                    chance of showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 17 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 18 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 5 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    west 6 to 11 mph early in the morning, then
                    shifting to the northwest 12 to 13 mph in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  51  48  45  42  43  44  45  44  43  42  45
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH
Temp............50  48  50  52  57  61  62  63  64  65  65  64
RH..............98  99  96  93  81  71  61  58  56  52  47  50
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  W   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   10  13  15  17  18  20  20  21  22  22
20 FT wind gust.14  14  16  18  21  23  25  26  28  28  29  29
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  W   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   6   8   9   10  11  12  12  13  13  13
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   10  11  13  14  15  16  17  17  17  17

$$
Forecaster...Roberg
Requested by...North Platte 911
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2514227.0/LBF
.DELDT 05/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nppd911@gmail.com, nws.northplatte@noaa.gov