FNUS73 KGID 081320
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR HANNON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
820 AM CDT WED APR 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE ANOTHER MILD DAY TODAY AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 60S. WINDS WILL START OUT FROM
THE NORTH AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS MORNING...BUT SHIFT TO
THE NORTHEAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY BECOMING EASTERLY BY
MID AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON TO
AROUND 8 TO 13 MPH. WITH THE MILD TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. A
CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH
WETTING RAIN LIKELY TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE MUCH
COOLER TOMORROW WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE LOWER 40S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AROUND 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHEAST THEN EAST AT 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AROUND 11 AM...INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 10 MPH LATE THIS MORNING BECOMING EAST
                    THEN SOUTHEAST AT 7 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT AROUND 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...FALLING TO LESS
                    THAN 300 FT AGL BY 10 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...WARMER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090408.HANNO.01/GID