CENTRAL PLAINS CENTRAL PLAINS FORECAST   1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FORECAST 4/17/2026 4/18/2026 4/19/2026 4/20/2026 4/21/2026 4/22/2026 4/23/2026   ERC BI IC   IC ERC BI SC 10HR 100HR 1000HR ERC 4.6 5 5 5 5 5 5
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 23.22 23 30.66 31 37.45 37 7.95 8 10.7 10.7 13.44 13.4 16.09 16.1 BI 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
KIRWIN 42 62 26 49 28 30 62 15 63 15 31 76 12 49 11 43 81 17 41 15 50 84 20 66 14 53 82 30 83 18 57 83 27 80 16 DAY 2 38.78 39 32.75 33 29.38 29 4.56 4.6 10.23 10.2 13.99 14 15.92 15.9 IC 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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 49.53 50 36.02 36 30.1 30 4.21 4.2 7.77 7.8 13.48 13.5 15.69 15.7 SL 4.8 5 5 5 5 5 5
STAFFORD 42 72 40 84 30 35 64 17 64 19 36 76 14 50 16 51 75 24 52 22 51 80 33 74 18 54 82 37 100 19 60 82 33 89 19 DAY 4 47.25 47 38.06 38 36.74 37 6.31 6.3 6.85 6.9 12.06 12.1 15.27 15.3 AR 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
AVERAGE 49 72 38 75 22 42 69 26 72 14 42 78 25 63 11 51 79 30 61 15 55 82 37 77 14 57 82 41 89 17 60 81 39 84 15 3 23-27 20-22 9-13 DAY 5 38.89 39 38.99 39 32.35 32 4.76 4.8 6.99 7 11.39 11.4 14.66 14.7
DAY 6 33.53 34 36.7 37 34.32 34 5.45 5.5 8.94 8.9 11.54 11.5 14.51 14.5 BI DISPATCH
FIRE DANGER 4/17/2026 4/18/2026 4/19/2026 4/20/2026 4/21/2026 4/22/2026 4/23/2026 4 28-32 23-27 14-21 DAY 7 32.39 32 34.66 35 31.77 32 5.06 5.1 10.98 11 12.98 13 14.58 14.6 0 LOW
STAFFING LEVEL 4+ 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 LOW
DISPATCH RESPONSE LEVEL EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME 5 >32 >27 >21 OBSERVED 2 LOW
ADJECTIVE RATING EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME IC ERC BI SC 10HR 100HR 1000HR 3 LOW
ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT 31 33 36 38 39 37 35 52.85 53 33.94 34 32.33 32 5.38 5.4 8.23 8.2 13.6 13.6 16.42 16.4 4 LOW
BURNING INDEX 37 29 30 37 32 34 32 4.971429 5 LOW
IGNITION COMPONENT 23 39 50 47 39 34 32 2026-04-16 6 LOW
SPREAD COMPONENT 8.0 4.6 4.2 6.3 4.8 5.5 5.1 4/16/2026 7 LOW
10 HOUR 10.7 10.2 7.8 6.9 7.0 8.9 11.0 8 LOW
100 HOUR 13.4 14.0 13.5 12.1 11.4 11.5 13.0 9 LOW
1000 HOUR 16.1 15.9 15.7 15.3 14.7 14.5 14.6 10 LOW
OBSERVED ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT BURNING INDEX IGNITION COMPONENT SPREAD COMPONENT 10 HOUR 100 HOUR 1000 HOUR 11 LOW
4/16/2026 34 32 53 5.4 8.2 13.6 16.4 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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