FNUS73 KGLD 212336 FWSGLD Spot Forecast for Wildfire South of McCook...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT National Weather Service Goodland KS 536 PM MDT Sat Mar 21 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on March 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (785) 899-2360 or via 800MHz radio if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT SUNDAY... .DISCUSSION... SW to W winds at 15 mph with gusts to 20-25 mph are expected to weaken to ~10 mph after sunset. Light SW to W winds will persist through the remainder of the evening. Winds will shift to the NW and increase to 10-15 mph ~3 AM CDT, in advance of an approaching cold front. The cold frontal passage is expected to occur ~4 AM CDT, at which point winds will abruptly shift to the N and increase to 25-35 mph w/gusts to 45 mph. Breezy N winds will persist through the remainder of the morning. N winds will shift to the NNE and decrease to 20-30 mph by ~12 PM CDT, 15-25 mph by ~3 PM CDT and 10-15 mph by sunset Sunday evening. NOTE: All times listed in the tabular forecast are in MDT. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Patchy blowing dust late in the night. CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........56 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to 12 mph after midnight, then increasing to north 18 to 26 mph with gusts to around 41 mph late in the night. TIME (MDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM Sky (%).........12 32 35 18 26 3 5 15 27 40 45 43 Weather cov..... PTY PTY Weather type.... BDT BDT Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............92 86 79 70 68 65 64 61 57 55 52 51 RH..............8 10 12 17 20 22 23 26 29 32 44 56 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW N N N 20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 12 18 22 26 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 15 15 16 20 22 36 40 41 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of sprinkles early in the morning. CWR.................10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 63. Min humidity........30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. North winds 17 to 26 mph with gusts to around 41 mph shifting to the northeast around 15 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM Sky (%).........44 43 64 64 69 66 44 36 36 33 23 31 Weather cov.....SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 47 47 49 52 55 58 60 61 62 63 61 RH..............58 56 56 50 48 43 37 35 33 32 30 31 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N NE NE 20 FT wind spd..26 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 21 18 17 15 20 FT wind gust.41 37 33 33 36 33 26 24 24 26 25 23 $$ Forecaster...Vincent Requested by...Kevin Darling Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2607045.0/GLD .DELDT 03/21/26 .EMAIL dispatch@cityofmccook.com