Thu May  2 15:42:33 EDT 2024

Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National
Forest-
242 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....34-39. 
   24 hr trend......10 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........76 percent. 
   24 hr trend......25 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest 5 to 10 mph. 
LAL.................1. 
Haines Index........6 or high. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor. 
Mixing height.......400-11600 ft AGL until 2400, then 400-500 ft 
                    AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph. 

.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy. 
                    Slight chance of freezing rain early in the 
                    morning. Slight chance of showers late in the 
                    morning, then chance of showers in the 
                    afternoon. 
Max temperature.....57-62. 
   24 hr trend......2 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........37 percent. 
   24 hr trend......19 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 
                    10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. 
LAL.................1. 
Haines Index........6 or high. 
Smoke dispersal.....Very good. 
Mixing height.......400-2500 ft AGL until 1200, then 1900-6300 ft 
                    AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph increasing to west 
                    around 20 mph in the afternoon. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and slight chance 
                    of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of 
                    showers after midnight. 
Min temperature.....32-37. 
   24 hr trend......3 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........100 percent. 
   24 hr trend......25 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......Northwest 5 to 15 mph. 
LAL.................3 decreasing to 1 after midnight. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor. 
Mixing height.......300-2700 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. Chance of showers early in the morning. 
Max temperature.....59-64. 
   24 hr trend......3 degrees cooler. 
Min humidity........31 percent. 
   24 hr trend......2 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Northwest 5 to 10 mph. 
LAL.................1. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good. 
Mixing height.......300-3900 ft AGL until 1200, then 4500-6700 ft 
                    AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph. 


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the upper 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. 
.MONDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to
20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs around 60.