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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH MCCONAUGHY FIRE 5...KEITH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
831 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2100 CDT ON MARCH 13.
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.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT SATURDAY
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
DISCUSSION
WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH 1 AM, BEFORE WINDS CALM TO UNDER 10 MPH OVERNIGHT
NORTH OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY. HUMIDITY RECOVERS TO AROUND 40 PERCENT
BY MIDNIGHT, AND AROUND 65 PERCENT BY 6 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP AROUND 33 DEGREES AROUND 6 AM. SKIES ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO CLEAR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT, REMAINING MOSTLY CLEAR
THROUGH MID MORNING. BETWEEN 4 TO 9 AM, EXPECT LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS.
BY THE AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S, WITH
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 15 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10
TO 15 MPH BEGIN TO DEVELOP AROUND 10 AM, GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING. WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON, WITH PEAK GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
LATE NIGHT SATURDAY, WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN
GUSTY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 MPH AROUND 10 PM INCREASE TO 35 TO 40
MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS FOR WIND GUSTS, EXPECT AND
INCREASE FROM 35 MPH GUSTS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO AROUND 50 MPH BY
SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO BE
AROUND 80 PERCENT. WHILE THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEING A
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION, AROUND 40 PERCENT, ONLY EXPECTING A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS UP TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........65 50 42 30 23 14 9 11 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 53 50 48 45 43 41 39 37
RH..............35 37 39 43 46 50 53 56 61
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 13 12 10 9 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20 21 21 20 17 15 15 13 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 7 6 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.12 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 8
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH UP TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH BECOMING 5 TO 7 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 6 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 11 19 27 30 26 33 31 59 59 76 84
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 34 33 35 42 49 58 64 68 71 71 72
RH..............64 65 67 63 52 42 32 24 20 18 17 16
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 7 8 10 14 17 20 22 23 23 21
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 13 15 18 23 28 31 32 33 31
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 13
EYE LVL WND GST.7 7 7 8 9 11 14 17 19 19 20 19
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW
OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 19.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDY. WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO
NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 36 MPH DECREASING
TO 14 TO 29 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING TO 25 TO 36 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........89 96 93 93 91 87 83 78 78 77 77 80
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............71 68 64 61 57 54 51 47 41 35 29 25
RH..............17 20 23 26 30 34 38 44 53 63 73 79
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..17 15 16 18 22 24 26 29 31 33 35 36
20 FT WIND GUST.26 24 25 28 30 32 36 38 40 43 44 46
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 9 10 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 22
EYE LVL WND GST.16 14 15 17 18 19 22 23 24 26 26 28
FORECASTER...RICHIE/WFO LBF
REQUESTED BY...LEMOYNE FIRE DEPT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605742.0/LBF
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NWS.NORTHPLATTE@NOAA.GOV,KDECOSTE@KEITHCOUNTYNE.GOV
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