FNUS73 KGID 241301
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTRAL PLATTE...CENTRAL PLATTE NRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
801 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE TODAY. PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER IS A BIT TRICKY
TODAY...WITH AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED MOST AREAS BY
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH A STUBBORN LOW STRATUS DECK COULD LINGER WELL
INTO THE DAY ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST COUNTIES. ASSUMING LOWER CLOUDS
BREAK...MIXING HEIGHTS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 3000 FT AGL TODAY ALL
AREAS. BREEZES WILL INITIALLY START OUT FAIRLY LIGHT FROM THE
NORTHEAST...BUT WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTHEAST.
THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30
MPH WILL FOCUS WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. FORTUNATELY...MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL HOLD UP BETWEEN 30 TO 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE DISTRICT...WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX
LIKELY. SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1-2 INCHES COULD TARGET AREAS
MAINLY NORTH OF A LOUP CITY TO YORK LINE.

ON FRIDAY...THE DISTRICT SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION
BEFORE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN/SNOW ARRIVES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY...WITH A SEEMINGLY BETTER CHANCE FOR A FEW INCHES OF
SLUSHY SNOWFALL MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 DURING THIS TIME.
PRECIPITATION ACROSS KANSAS COUNTIES IS LIKELY TO BE RAIN DUE TO
WARMER TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45 AT 5 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT 5 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL THIS MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND
                    2500 FT AGL BY MID DAY THEN TO 3500 FT AGL BY
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    AND SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW LIKELY
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29 AT 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT AT 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING TO
                    300 FT AGL BY MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 19 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41 AT 5 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT AT 5 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3100 FT
                    AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 30.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
.SUNDAY...CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
40S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110324.CENTR.01/GID