FNUS73 KLBF 211653 FWSLBF Spot Forecast for Chase County fire...Chase County National Weather Service North Platte NE 1153 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CDT on September 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact the NWS North Platte office at 308-532-0921 (or at 1-800-603-3562) if you have any questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... North to northeast winds will be strongest from now through early this afternoon and then begin to slowly diminish mid to late afternoon. Gusts to around 35 mph will be common through early afternoon Winds tonight will remain from the north and continue to diminish to around 10 to 15 mph. Lowest humidity this afternoon will be around 30% with good recovery tonight. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. LAL.................1. Haines Index........4 low. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........41 58 67 74 79 78 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............70 72 72 73 73 73 RH..............38 34 34 31 31 31 20 FT wind dir..N N N NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..24 23 23 21 20 18 20 FT wind gust.35 32 32 29 28 26 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N NE NE NE Eye lvl wnd spd.17 16 14 13 12 11 Eye lvl wnd gst.25 24 21 17 17 16 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms through the night. Rain showers likely overnight. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 16 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late evening and overnight. Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. LAL.................1 increasing to 3 in the late evening and overnight, then decreasing to 1 after 3 am. Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........82 83 85 87 88 90 92 93 93 94 94 95 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LAL.............1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 Temp............74 73 70 66 62 58 56 54 53 52 50 48 RH..............30 31 35 38 46 53 57 64 66 69 74 83 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N 20 FT wind spd..16 15 14 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 9 20 FT wind gust.23 21 20 17 17 18 21 21 20 20 20 17 Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N Eye lvl wnd spd.10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 Eye lvl wnd gst.14 13 12 10 10 11 13 13 12 12 12 10 Haines index....4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ Forecaster...Taylor Requested by...Andrew Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422830.0/LBF .DELDT 09/21/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ahatz@chasecountyne.gov