FNUS73 KGID 311307
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTRAL PLATTE...CENTRAL PLATTE NRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
807 AM CDT WED MAR 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE BURN
AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH TODAY. BEHIND THE
FRONT...WINDS WILL STEADILY SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST INITIALLY THIS
MORNING TO NORTH/NORTHEAST BY NOON...TO NORTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON
AND EAST/NORTHEAST BY EARLY EVENING. SPEEDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST
THIS MORNING...AVERAGING 12 TO 18 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 25
MPH. THEY WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA...AVERAGING 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH THE LOWER TO MID 70S...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FALLING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH
TOMORROW AS A WARM FRONT...WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. THE WARM WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL AROUND 9 AM...INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH THIS MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 300 FT AGL BY 10 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...MUCH COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100331.CENTR.01/GID