570
FNUS73 KOAX 102038
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILD FIRE/COMBINE FIRE...SEWARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
338 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1600 CDT ON OCTOBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 21-29 MPH ONGOING ALONGSIDE GUSTS OF
31-38 MPH. EXPECT THOSE SPEEDS TO BE AT THEIR PEAK NOW, WITH
SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPEEDS POSSIBLE BEFORE WINDS START DECREASING IN
SPEED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THOUGH DIRECTIONS WILL REMAIN STEADY
THROUGH TOMORROW. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE ALSO NEAR THEIR
BOTTOM VALUE AT 25-28 PERCENT, MAKING FOR THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE
DANGER RIGHT NOW. ONCE WE HIT 5 PM, WIND GUSTS WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY INTERMITTENT, WINDS WILL DECREASE, AND RH VALUES WILL
BEGIN INCREASING.
BY 7 PM, SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 MPH WILL BE JOINED GUSTS OF 22-27
MPH OUT OF THE SSW, WITH RH VALUES OF 30-35% THAT CONTINUE TO
DROP INTO THE EVENING. HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS VALUES RETURN TO 59%
OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
TOMORROW, WHERE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED ONCE AGAIN TO THE
25-35 MPH RANGE THAT PEAKS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE 30 FT WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 41 MPH
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 23 PERCENT
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
21 MPH.
WIND (30 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 26 TO 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (69000 KNOT-FT).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............88 88
RH..............27 27
20 FT WIND DIR..S S
20 FT WIND SPD..17 17
20 FT WIND GUST.25 28
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.13 13
EYE LVL WND GST.19 21
30 FT WND DIR...S S
30 FT WND SPD...21 21
30 FT WND GST...31 35
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.31 26
GFDI............0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/100090 69
FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN ECKLES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2623547.0/OAX
.DELDT 10/10/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MECKLES@SEWARDCOUNTYNE.GOV
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