FNUS73 KGID 051256
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR QUADHAMMER PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
656 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING AS WE GET
INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
SHIFTS SOUTH THROUGH CANADA. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED TODAY
IN REGARD TO THE SURFACE PATTERN...AS THE PRIMARY FEATURE REMAINS
HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH EXTENDS ALONG THE MO RIVER VALLEY. CURRENT
WINDS IN THE AREA ARE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO LIGHT AND
SOUTHEASTERLY...BUT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME STEADILY SOUTHEASTERLY
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 10
KTS. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...AND SOME PATCHY FREEZING FOG AND FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FREEZING FOG IN
                    THE MORNING. ISOLATED FLURRIES IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22 NEAR NEAR 3 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT NEAR 3 PM.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 1200 FT
                    AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY AND PATCHY
                    LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 12 NEAR 6 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT NEAR 6 AM.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL THIS EVENING DECREASING TO 400 FT
                    AGL BY MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 12.
MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO NORTH
                    17 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...COLDER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. CHANCE
OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 6 BELOW. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 18 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 17 BELOW. HIGHS AROUND 9.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 7 BELOW. HIGHS AROUND 15.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.SUNDAY...NOT AS COLD. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 4. HIGHS IN THE
MID 20S.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRAD KROHN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100105.QUADH.01/GID