FNUS73 KGID 041301
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCMURTREY...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
801 AM CDT THU APR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN FOR TODAY LIES WITH A CHANGE IN WIND
DIRECTION EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...AS A WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. CURRENTLY...AND FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND GENERALLY
WESTERLY...THOUGH THE DIRECTION COULD BE VARIABLE AT TIMES.
DURING MID/LATE MORNING...WINDS WILL TAKE ON MORE OF A
NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION...AND THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON
HOURS LOOK TO TRANSITION TO BECOME MORE NORTHERLY...THEN
NORTHEASTERLY...WITH A PRIMARILY EASTERLY COMPONENT BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. WITH IT BEING A WEAKER FRONT...SIGNIFICANT WIND SPEEDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED...AND LOOK TO TOP OUT NEAR 10 MPH.

OUTSIDE OF THAT...PRETTY QUIET DAY IS EXPECTED...WITH NO
PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. SKY COVER WILL BE MOSTLY
CLEAR THIS MORNING...BUT A FEW MORE CLOUDS LOOK TO WORK THEIR WAY
INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE LOWER 60S...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER
TO MID 30S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
BOTTOM OUT IN THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63 NEAR 4 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT NEAR 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS THIS MORNING 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST MID/LATE MORNING 5 TO 10
                    MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST NEAR 10 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO
                    4300 FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36 NEAR 7 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT NEAR 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND
70. WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LIGHT WINDS.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. LIGHT WINDS.
.TUESDAY...COOLER. SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.

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FORECASTER...ADO
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON JONES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130404.MCMUR.01/GID