FNUS73 KGID 281320
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTRAL PLATTE...CENTRAL PLATTE NRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
820 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THERE WILL BE SOME SUNSHINE THIS MORNING...BUT BY AFTERNOON CLOUDS WILL
INCREASE AND EXPECT A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY BY 6 PM. EAST WINDS EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST BY NOON. THIS IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AFTER 3 PM TODAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE
TONIGHT...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN COMING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GOOD
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.  SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE
TO CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THIS MORNING THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THIS
                    AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT AT 5 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50 AT 6 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT AT 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 18 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT AT 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 19 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090428.CENTR.01/GID