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Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
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Spot Forecast for Hickory Prairie - Wilderness Park...Lincoln Parks and Recreation
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
828 AM CDT Wed Aug 20 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on August 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Skies will be mostly sunny today with afternoon temperatures
warming into the upper 80s. 1 PM relative humidity of around 60
percent will fall to around 55 percent by late afternoon into
early evening. Winds will be light (5-7 mph) from the northeast,
with peak mixing heights of around 6500 ft and good smoke
dispersal.
Strongest Possible Wind Speeds on Day of Burn: 10 mph
Lowest Possible Relative Humidity on Day of Burn: 53-55 percent
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Slight chance of showers
through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northeast around 4 mph
late in the afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming northeast 6 to 8 mph late
in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph late
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (39000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11 24 23 26 22
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH
Temp............86 86 87 88 88
RH..............63 65 61 57 57
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..4 5 5 6 5
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 5 5 5 5
Surface wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE
Surface wnd spd.5 6 6 8 6
Surface wnd gst.7 8 8 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.1
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE N NE
Transp wind spd.6 6 7 7 7
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100026 33 38 39 34
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the evening. Slight
chance of showers early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 4 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph increasing to 8 to 12 mph late
in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (24500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (3400 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8 17 11 10 7 8 7 8 10 21 23 39
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............88 86 83 79 77 75 74 72 71 70 68 68
RH..............57 63 70 79 82 84 84 87 90 90 97 93
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2
Surface wnd dir.NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Surface wnd spd.8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
Surface wnd gst.9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.4 2.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.7 7 8 10 10 10 12 10 10 9 9 8
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100025 16 11 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east around 4 mph in the
afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming east around 6 mph in the
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming southeast around
5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (24800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40 54 39 42 31 15 12 8 8 8 8 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............67 66 69 72 76 80 83 84 85 86 86 86
RH..............97 100 97 90 82 74 67 65 63 61 61 61
20 FT wind dir..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust. 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Surface wnd dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
Surface wnd spd.3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Surface wnd gst. 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.4 3.3 4.1 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.6
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10003 3 4 7 9 13 17 21 23 25 25 24
$$
Forecaster...Mead
Requested by...Aaron Druery
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2520305.0/OAX
.DELDT 08/20/25
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.EMAIL aarondruery@gmail.com