983
FNUS73 KLBF 151717
FWSLBF
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH MCCONAUGHY FIRE 3.15.26 2...KEITH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1217 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 15.
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.
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
THE STRONG NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND GUSTS UP
TO 60 MILES PER HOUR CONTINUING. LIMITED WARMING THIS AFTERNOON,
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 30S. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES 25
TO 35 PERCENT. LOWS OVERNIGHT FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS, WITH
HUMIDITY RECOVERY 60 TO 70 PERCENT. WINDS FINALLY FALL BELOW 25
MILES PER HOUR BY MIDNIGHT MDT. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO MONDAY
MORNING.
FOR MONDAY, TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S,
WITH HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THOUGH MUCH
WEAKER THAN TODAY, NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS APPROACH 20 TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR MONDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
DUE TO THE LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS TOMORROW.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING DUST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VERY WINDY. NORTH WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 52 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VERY WINDY. NORTH WINDS 21 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 31 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 39 37 34 37
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT
TSTM COV........
TEMP............27 25 26 26 25
RH..............48 49 47 43 42
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..39 40 39 38 38
20 FT WIND GUST.51 52 51 47 47
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.23 24 23 23 23
EYE LVL WND GST.31 31 31 28 28
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY BLOWING DUST EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 9 ABOVE.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTH WINDS 26 TO 36 MPH BECOMING
NORTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 18 MPH DECREASING
TO UP TO 9 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........33 23 22 20 20 30 18 16 21 18 10 10
WEATHER COV.....PTY
WEATHER TYPE....BDT
TSTM COV........
TEMP............25 23 19 17 16 14 13 13 11 11 10 10
RH..............41 44 50 53 54 57 59 58 60 63 61 63
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..36 30 26 23 20 18 17 15 14 14 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.44 38 36 31 28 25 22 20 18 18 17 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.22 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 8 8 7
EYE LVL WND GST.26 23 22 19 17 15 13 12 11 11 10 10
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 10 13 22 39 39 39 32 58 69 66 77
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............9 9 9 11 17 21 26 30 34 37 39 41
RH..............66 66 66 60 50 40 32 27 24 22 22 22
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 14 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4
EYE LVL WND GST.9 9 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8
FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...DAVE KLING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605850.0/LBF
.DELDT 03/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DKLING@KEITHCOUNTYNE.GOV
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