411  
FNUS73 KOAX 201328  
FWSOAX  
 
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  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL AARONDRUERY@GMAIL.COM  
 
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