259
FNUS73 KGID 312206
FWSGID
SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHNSON HILLS FIRE...PHELPS COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
506 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 CDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN
EASTERLY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE. HUMIDITY
IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO AROUND 60 PERCENT TONIGHT AND ONLY DIP
TO AROUND 40 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF RAIN ARRIVE JUST PRIOR TO MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS RETURN BY
MID-MORNING THURSDAY AND WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST.
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE FAVORED TO BE IN THE 0.25 TO 0.50" RANGE.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 13 TO 20 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........94 95 91 89 83 82 80 81 88 86 91 94
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 55 53 47 45 43 42 41 41 41 40 38
RH..............33 31 31 37 38 39 39 39 39 39 42 48
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..14 15 14 13 12 10 10 10 10 12 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.19 22 22 21 21 19 16 18 19 19 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1 3.9 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE E NE E NE E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 16 16 16 15 13 13 15 15 16 20
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 20 TO 22 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........94 94 96 98 97 97 98 97 97 97 98 98
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............37 37 36 37 39 43 44 46 48 49 49 49
RH..............50 50 54 59 59 57 60 58 58 61 63 63
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.21 21 22 23 23 23 22 22 22 21 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E SE SE E SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 21 21 22 21 20 21 22 21 22 21
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND
21 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........98 98 97 95 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 86
WEATHER COV.....CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RN RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RN RN
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
TEMP............50 48 47 44 42 42 41 41 40 39 38 37
RH..............63 71 76 86 93 93 93 93 96 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E NE NE NE NE NE N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E NE NE NE NE N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 16 15 15 16 18 20 21 21 21 21
FORECASTER...MANGELS
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN NORRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608739.0/GID
.DELDT 03/31/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL EMDIRECTOR@PHELPSCONE.ORG
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