Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
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Spot Forecast for North Center Island...USFWS
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
705 AM CDT Thu May 28 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Winds in the area are generally out of the north at 5 mph with
humidity values over 90 percent with mixing heights at about
400ft AGL. Over the course of the morning winds will increase and
shift southeasterly with wind speeds topping out at 20 to 25 mph.
As wind shifts to the southeast, rain chances will increase this
afternoon to around 20-25 percent affecting the location for about
15 minutes at time. At 4pm, RH will bottom out at around 30
percent and mixing heights top out at 7500ft AGL making for very
good smoke dispersal. Rain chances continue to increase overnight
with total amounts of less than a tenth of an inch expected.
Strongest Possible 30 ft Wind Speeds on Day of Burn: 25 mph
Lowest Possible Relative Humidity on Day of Burn: 27 percent
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
in the afternoon.
Wind (30 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (119500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (111300
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........84 78 84 83 87 92 84 92
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80 83 85 87 87 87 88 87
RH..............52 46 40 36 36 36 35 36
20 ft wind dir..E E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 ft wind spd..5 6 8 10 10 10 10 10
20 ft wind gust.8 11 14 17 17 17 17 16
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 6 8 8 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 8 10 13 13 13 13 12
30 ft wnd dir...E E E SE SE SE SE SE
30 ft wnd spd...6 8 10 13 13 13 13 13
30 ft wnd gst...10 14 17 21 21 21 21 20
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 3.6 6.0 7.0 7.8 8.0 8.3 7.1
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 14 18 20 21 21 21 20
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100020 51 88 120 144 155 149 111
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Slight chance of
thunderstorms overnight. Slight chance of
showers overnight, then chance of showers after
3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 7 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Wind (30 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 11 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 18 mph decreasing to 8 to 9 mph
after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........92 91 96 98 87 89 94 95 95 94 96 97
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH
Temp............87 87 83 79 76 74 73 73 72 70 69 68
RH..............36 36 40 45 50 55 59 59 59 66 66 70
20 ft wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE S SE NE
20 ft wind spd..9 8 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
20 ft wind gust.14 13 10 10 10 10 8 8 7 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE S SE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.11 10 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
30 ft wnd dir...SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE S SE NE
30 ft wnd spd...11 10 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
30 ft wnd gst...18 16 13 12 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE E
Transp wind spd.18 14 13 12 10 12 12 10 9 10 8 9
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100061 18 4 2 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 8 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
in the afternoon.
Wind (30 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 17 mph increasing to 16 to 20
mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (45300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96 96 84 82 73 73 85 80 68 80 69 60
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............67 66 69 71 74 75 76 76 77 77 78 78
RH..............73 75 70 71 64 62 62 62 62 62 60 60
20 ft wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 ft wind spd..5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 10 10
20 ft wind gust.7 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 17 17 18 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 13
30 ft wnd dir...SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
30 ft wnd spd...6 6 6 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 13 13
30 ft wnd gst...9 10 10 13 15 17 18 20 21 21 22 21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.1
Transp wind dir.SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.8 8 10 13 15 16 17 20 20 20 16 17
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10002 4 8 15 22 32 40 45 42 36 30 29
$$
Forecaster...CLF
Requested by...Sam Vanourney
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614592.0/OAX
.DELDT 05/28/26
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.EMAIL sam_vanourney@fws.gov