FNUS73 KGID 031630
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR STAIRSTEPS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1130 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE AREA MONDAY EVENING. WINDS TODAY WILL
BECOME WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. MONDAY WILL BE A BREEZY DAY WITH
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT AT 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL LATE THIS MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND
                    5700 FT AGL BY 1 PM AND TO 6100 FT AGL LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44 AT 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT AT 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL THIS EVENING DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL
                    BY MORNING
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT AT 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5100 FT
                    AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 19 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS AROUND
80. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DUNLAP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090503.STAIR.01/GID