354 FNUS73 KOAX 071203 FWSOAX SPOT FORECAST FOR HITCHCOCK...POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY CONSERVATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 603 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2014 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON NOVEMBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS PARTS OF CANADA INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. LOCALLY...A WIND SHIFT WILL PUSH ACROSS REGION TODAY... FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY MAINLY DRY. SOUTH WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS OF 30 TO 35 PERCENT. TONIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 30S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM SKY (%).........46 55 63 69 71 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............60 63 59 54 50 47 RH..............37 36 44 57 65 73 20 FT WIND......S 20 SW 15 SW 9 W 7 NW 10 NW 16 20 FT WIND GUST.30 20 10 15 25 HAINES INDEX....4 5 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO NORTH AROUND 37 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 31 TO 38 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 21 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...ZAPOTOCNY REQUESTED BY...CHAD GRAEVE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20141107.HITCH.01/OAX