FNUS73 KLBF 051604 FWSLBF SPOT FORECAST FOR GIMBERRY BLACK LINE RX...USFWS CRESCENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1004 AM CST THU JAN 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WARM DAY WITH NEAR OR ABOVE RECORD TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO TOP OUT IN THE 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND RIGHT AROUND 65 DEGREES IN THE BURN AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY BY LATE MORNING THEN SWITCH TO MORE OF A WEST NORTHWEST DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 13 AND 17 KTS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER BECOMES MIXED THIS AFTERNOON...COULD SEE SOME GUSTS TO 25 KTS AROUND PEAK HEATING BUT THIS SHOULD ONLY BE FOR A FEW HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND STAY BELOW 10KTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY IN THE MID TEENS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THIS MAY GET EVENED OUT BY MIXING DRIER AIR TO THE SURFACE. ONGOING FORECAST DOES INCREASE DEWPOINTS A BIT INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN STAY NEARLY STATIC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO GO UP. THESE VALUES WOULD CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 20S...BUT SHOULD DEWPOINTS STAY LOWER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BE LOWER IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. RH..................36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (MST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........29 31 32 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 55 62 57 RH..............36 27 22 27 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 7 W 8 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 6 W 7 W 8 W 7 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 26. RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. TIME (MST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM SKY (%).........34 36 40 43 45 47 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 41 37 34 32 30 RH..............33 50 61 69 72 75 20 FT WIND......W 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 7 N 7 N 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..W 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 7 N 7 N 7 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 10 10 15 15 15 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 44. RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (MST) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM SKY (%).........48 49 50 51 46 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............28 27 31 38 42 42 RH..............78 81 69 48 39 36 20 FT WIND......N 7 NW 6 NW 6 N 10 NW 10 NW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 15 20 20 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..N 7 NW 6 NW 6 N 10 NW 10 NW 8 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 10 15 20 20 15 $$ FORECASTER...BROOKS REQUESTED BY...CHRIS MASSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120105.GIMBE.04/LBF