FNUS73 KGID 051539
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR JENSEN...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
939 AM CST THU FEB 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON FEBRUARY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND SUNNY SKIES TODAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE LOWER 60S. A SURFACE
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...RESULTING
IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE WEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BURN...BUT
BECOME MORE VARIABLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHILE REMAINING LIGHT
AS THE SURFACE TROUGH BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED. A TEMPERATURE
INVERSION WILL KEEP MIXING HEIGHTS TO AROUND 1000 FT AGL THIS
AFTERNOON...AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THIS LAYER WILL LEAD TO WEAK
TRANSPORT WINDS FOR SMOKE DISPERSAL. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES...LOOK
FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DIP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AROUND 3 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 500 FT AGL AT 1 PM RISING TO AROUND
                    1000 FT AGL AROUND 3 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AROUND 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 300 FT AGL BY 7 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.SUNDAY...COLDER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
40S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090205.JENSE.01/GID