FNUS73 KGID 111306
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOTHENBURG AIRPORT...CENTRAL PLATTE NRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
806 AM CDT MON OCT 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WELL DEFINED MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE SINKING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
TODAY. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE ROTATING FROM EAST TO WEST THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH THE BURN AREA WILL BE TOWARD THE
WESTERN FRINGE OF THIS ACTIVITY...AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
RAIN IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE
LOW SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO FOCUS SHOWER/ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...ALTHOUGH IT COULD
BE A CLOSE CALL. WIND WISE TODAY...DIRECTION WILL BE A BIT
VARIABLE AT TIMES...BUT OVERALL WILL PREVAIL FROM THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST AT ONLY 5-10 MPH. AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING IS
ANTICIPATED AS THE DAY WEARS ON...AS MIXING HEIGHTS INCREASE TO
AROUND 5000-6000 FT AGL. WINDS WILL INCREASE NOTICEABLY ON TUESDAY
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN...WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH FOR AT LEAST A
FEW HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71 NEAR 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6400 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH AROUND 14 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45 NEAR 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT NEAR 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST AROUND 7 MPH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66 NEAR 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 7 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN RISING TO AROUND
                    4300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH AROUND 23 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.SATURDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

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FORECASTER...NWS/PFANNKUCH
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101011.GOTHE.01/GID