CENTRAL PLAINS CENTRAL PLAINS FORECAST   1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FORECAST 1/10/2026 1/11/2026 1/12/2026 1/13/2026 1/14/2026 1/15/2026 1/16/2026   ERC BI IC   IC ERC BI SC 10HR 100HR 1000HR ERC 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 4
MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD MIN TEMP MAX TEMP MIN RH MAX RH WIND SPD 1 0-16 0-14 0-3 DAY 1 10.03 10 24.37 24 23.63 24 3.72 3.7 15.86 15.9 17.12 17.1 16.25 16.3 BI 4.2 2.2 2.8 3.6666667 4.2 3.3333333 4.4
KIRWIN 21 49 37 85 16 21 51 39 96 8 28 57 31 68 7 37 56 38 63 14 32 46 51 82 16 25 47 43 92 11 26 40 37 72 18 DAY 2 4.94 5 23.52 24 15.9 16 1.63 1.6 14.5 14.5 17.64 17.6 16.33 16.3 IC 3.2 2.2 3.2 3.6 2.6 3 3.4
TALLGRASS 62 82 47 93 8 60 81 47 90 7 59 82 48 90 7 60 82 50 90 7 63 82 57 90 11 65 81 56 84 14 63 78 58 84 11 2 17-22 15-19 4-8 DAY 3 10.43 10 25.67 26 18.81 19 2.16 2.2 13.17 13.2 17.34 17.3 16.42 16.4 SL 3.7 2.7 3.2 3.7333333 3.9 3.5666667 4.2
STAFFORD 23 40 64 100 17 22 46 56 100 10 28 54 44 89 9 35 55 47 76 14 32 47 55 88 22 24 47 47 96 14 29 43 41 78 19 DAY 4 11.67 12 26.54 27 22.44 22 3.16 3.2 12.19 12.2 16.5 16.5 16.51 16.5 AR 3.7 2.2 3 3.6333333 3.4 3.1666667 3.9
AVERAGE 35 57 49 93 14 34 59 47 95 8 38 64 41 82 8 44 64 45 76 12 42 58 54 87 16 38 58 49 91 13 39 54 45 78 16 3 23-27 20-22 9-13 DAY 5 7.34 7 25.61 26 23.98 24 3.93 3.9 12.37 12.4 16.02 16 16.61 16.6
DAY 6 9.06 9 26.93 27 20.85 21 2.61 2.6 12.64 12.6 15.6 15.6 16.59 16.6 BI DISPATCH
FIRE DANGER 1/10/2026 1/11/2026 1/12/2026 1/13/2026 1/14/2026 1/15/2026 1/16/2026 4 28-32 23-27 14-21 DAY 7 10.54 11 27.65 28 25.19 25 3.98 4 12.31 12.3 15.19 15.2 16.54 16.5 0 LOW
STAFFING LEVEL 3+ 2+ 3- 3+ 3+ 3+ 4- 1 LOW
DISPATCH RESPONSE LEVEL HIGH MODERATE MODERATE HIGH HIGH HIGH EXTREME 5 >32 >27 >21 OBSERVED 2 LOW
ADJECTIVE RATING HIGH MODERATE HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH IC ERC BI SC 10HR 100HR 1000HR 3 LOW
ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT 24 24 26 27 26 27 28 2.3 2 22.11 22 18.12 18 2.32 2.3 18.84 18.8 15.96 16 16.26 16.3 4 LOW
BURNING INDEX 24 16 19 22 24 21 25 3.571429 5 LOW
IGNITION COMPONENT 10 5 10 12 7 9 11 2026-01-09 6 LOW
SPREAD COMPONENT 3.7 1.6 2.2 3.2 3.9 2.6 4.0 1/9/2026 7 LOW
10 HOUR 15.9 14.5 13.2 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.3 8 LOW
100 HOUR 17.1 17.6 17.3 16.5 16.0 15.6 15.2 9 LOW
1000 HOUR 16.3 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.5 10 LOW
OBSERVED ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT BURNING INDEX IGNITION COMPONENT SPREAD COMPONENT 10 HOUR 100 HOUR 1000 HOUR 11 LOW
1/9/2026 22 18 2 2.3 18.8 16.0 16.3 12 LOW
ERC BI IC 13 LOW
0 1   0 1   0 1   14 LOW
1 1.0588235 1 1.0666667 1 1.25 15 MODERATE
2 1.1176471 2 1.1333333 2 1.5 16 MODERATE
3 1.1764706 3 1.2 3 1.75 17 MODERATE
4 1.2352941 4 1.2666667 4 2   18 MODERATE
5 1.2941176 5 1.3333333 5 2.2 19 MODERATE
6 1.3529412 6 1.4 6 2.4 20 HIGH
7 1.4117647 7 1.4666667 7 2.6 21 HIGH
8 1.4705882 8 1.5333333 8 2.8 22 HIGH
9 1.5294118 9 1.6 9 3   23 HIGH
10 1.5882353 10 1.6666667 10 3.2 24 HIGH
11 1.6470588 11 1.7333333 11 3.4 25 EXTREME
12 1.7058824 12 1.8 12 3.6 26 EXTREME
13 1.7647059 13 1.8666667 13 3.8 27 EXTREME
14 1.8235294 14 1.9333333 14 4   28 EXTREME
15 1.8823529 15 2   15 4.125 29 EXTREME
16 1.9411765 16 2.2 16 4.25 30 EXTREME
17 2   17 2.4 17 4.375 31 EXTREME
18 2.1666667 18 2.6 18 4.5 32 EXTREME
19 2.3333333 19 2.8 19 4.625 33 EXTREME
20 2.5 20 3   20 4.75 34 EXTREME
21 2.6666667 21 3.3333333 21 4.875 35 EXTREME
22 2.8333333 22 3.6666667 22 5   36 EXTREME
23 3   23 4   23 5   37 EXTREME
24 3.2 24 4.2 24 5   38 EXTREME
25 3.4 25 4.4 25 5   39 EXTREME
26 3.6 26 4.6 26 5   40 EXTREME
27 3.8 27 4.8 27 5   41 EXTREME
28 4   28 5   28 5   42 EXTREME
29 4.2 29 5 29 5   43 EXTREME
30 4.4 30 5 30 5   44 EXTREME
31 4.6 31 5 31 5   45 EXTREME
32 4.8 32 5 32 5   46 EXTREME
33 5   33 5   33 5   47 EXTREME
34 5   34 5 34 5   48 EXTREME
35 5   35 5 35 5   49 EXTREME
36 5   36 5 36 5   50 EXTREME
37 5   37 5 37 5   51 EXTREME
38 5   38 5 38 5   52 EXTREME
39 5   39 5   39 5   53 EXTREME
40 5   40 5 40 5   54 EXTREME
41 5   41 5 41 5   55 EXTREME
42 5   42 5 42 5   56 EXTREME
43 5   43 5 43 5   57 EXTREME
44 5   44 5 44 5   58 EXTREME
45 5   45 5 45 5   59 EXTREME
46 5   46 5 46 5   60 EXTREME
47 5   47 5 47 5   61 EXTREME
48 5 48 5 48 5   62 EXTREME
49 5 49 5 49 5   63 EXTREME
50 5 50 5 50 5   64 EXTREME
51 5 51 5 51 5   65 EXTREME
52 5 52 5 52 5   66 EXTREME
53 5 53 5 53 5   67 EXTREME
54 5 54 5 54 5   68 EXTREME
55 5 55 5 55 5 69 EXTREME
56 5 56 5 56 5 70 EXTREME
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