FNUS73 KGID 231350
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTRAL PLATTE...CENTRAL PLATTE NRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
850 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...QUIET AND MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER IS IN STORE TODAY
NEAR GENOA...AS BREEZES MAINTAIN A LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY
COMPONENT IN GENERAL...BUT COULD BECOME VARIABLE AT TIMES AS THE
DAY WEARS ON THANKS TO A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AXIS IN THE AREA.
NO MATTER WHAT...SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE NO MORE THAN 7 MPH OR SO
THROUGH THE DAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 38 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE
UPPER 60S...AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL EVENTUALLY CLIMB TO AROUND
6000 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOKING AHEAD THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...DRY WEATHER WILL
PERSIST...ALTHOUGH SOME FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. BREEZES SATURDAY WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT...BUT
BE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68 NEAR 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. HAINES
INDEX........2 TO 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL
THIS MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND 6200 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42 NEAR 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT NEAR 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 5200 FT AGL EARLY THIS EVENING
DECREASING TO AROUND 300 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST AROUND 4 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78 NEAR 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO AROUND 4200 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 12 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S.

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FORECASTER...NWS/PFANNKUCH
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120323.CENTR.01/GID