FNUS73 KGID 011405
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETERSON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
905 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS OVER
30 MPH POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS...THEN AROUND IGNITION TIME OR
SHORTLY THEREAFTER...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BY EVENING AND MAY BECOME FAIRLY VARIABLE
IN DIRECTION BY SUNSET.  LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE DECENT
MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 5000 FT AGL AT IGNITION TIME...INCREASING TO
OVER 10000 FT BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR
A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER OR SPRINKLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE FIRST
PART OF THE EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO
  11500 FT AGL BY 4 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FROST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33 AT 6 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AT 6 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO
    300 FT AGL BY 6 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57 AT 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
   10300 FT AGL BY 4 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH AROUND 14 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND
70. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S.

$$

FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110501.PETER.01/GID