FNUS73 KLBF 181146
FWSLBF

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRANE RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
546 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRANE RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
644 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HIT SOUTEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY BETWEEN 5 PM CDT AND
7 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH
AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND APPROACH 80 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT. SNOW IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 500-2100 FT
                    AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 2500-3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10
                    TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 13 TO 21
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3800 FT AGL UNTIL 0200...THEN 1800-2000 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO NORTH
                    30 TO 38 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY.
                    SNOW IN THE MORNING. SNOW LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 11 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 28 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.


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REQUESTED BY...SHAWN JACA
REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, U