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Spot Forecast for Taste of Chicago Fireworks Show...Chicago OEMC
National Weather Service Chicago IL
622 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 CDT on July 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (815) 834-0666 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather is expected this evening. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph will diminish under 10 mph after 9 pm this evening.
Mixing heights around 900 feet early this evening will decrease to
around 500 feet by 9 pm this evening. Waves 2 to 3 feet are expected
this evening with a few waves to 4 feet possible.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Temperature.........73 at forecast start...Min 68.
RH..................77 percent at forecast start...Max 89 percent.
Surface winds (mph).North winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to
                    northeast 7 to 10 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Wave height.........2 to 3 feet.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 400 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /10000 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Min...poor /3100 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........70  72  74  75  78  80  82  75  67  60  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Temp............73  72  72  71  71  71  70  70  69  68  68
RH..............77  78  80  81  81  81  81  82  84  87  89
Surface wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.14  13  10  8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.18  18  15  10  8   8   8   8   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.020 020 020 010 010 010 000 010 010 020 020
Transp wind spd.14  14  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   10  9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10  8   6   4   4   3   3   3   4   4   4
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

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Forecaster...cms
Requested by...Dan Neubeck
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2617176.0/LOT
.DELDT 07/10/26
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