FNUS73 KGID 061355
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARMS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
755 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON MARCH 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MUCH QUIETER FIRE WEATHER DAY EXPECTED FOR CENTRAL
NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH
THE REGION LAST NIGHT...USHERED IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR. TEMPERATURES
ARE STILL EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE 60S THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY WHICH SHOULD KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT WEST OF HIGHWAY 183.

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL THEN TURN MORE ACTIVE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE REGION.
THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO MOST OF THE AREA ALONG WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A GENEVA TO OSBORNE LINE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT AROUND 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH GRADUALLY SHIFTING
                    TO THE EAST AT 9 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 1300 FT AGL AT 11 AM INCREASING TO 3600 FT
                    AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38 AT 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL EARLY THIS EVENING DECREASING TO AROUND
                    AROUND 300 FT AGL BY MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AROUND 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1800 FT
                    AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 14 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
9 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. LIGHT WINDS.
.TUESDAY...COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 16. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS AROUND 40.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090306.HARMS.01/GID