948
FNUS73 KOAX 011236
FWSOAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HORNING FARM RX PILES...NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
736 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON JUNE 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MINIMUM HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP TO NEAR 46 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON, A BIT DRIER THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS, WITH WINDS SOMEWHAT
SQUIRRELLY EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING PRIMARILY NORTHERLY LATER
THIS MORNING AND ON TO EAST BY NOON. MIXING HEIGHTS GET UP TO
6,000 FT THIS AFTERNOON, LENDING TOWARD GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL
DESPITE MORE MODEST TRANSPORT WINDS. SKIES SHOULD GENERALLY BE
MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE DAY, THOUGH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY
POP-UP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING (5-10% CHANCE).
TUESDAY, WE COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS IN
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. OTHERWISE, THE DAY LIKELY STARTS OUT CLOUDY WITH
SKIES CLEARING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS MORE OUT OF
THE SOUTHEAST, GUSTING 15-25 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY
DROPS TO 35 TO 50 PERCENT.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE 30 FT WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 11 MPH
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 38%
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 86.
RH..................93 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 4 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (30 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 8 TO
10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/42500 KNOT-FT/.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 9 14 10 8 2 0 21 6 4
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
TEMP............68 70 75 78 81 82 84 85 85 85
RH..............93 90 79 71 65 61 55 51 50 50
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
30 FT WND DIR...N N N N NE NE NE NE E E
30 FT WND SPD...3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8
30 FT WND GST...5 5 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.3 1.8 2.5 3.4 4.3 4.8 5.4 5.3 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 9 10 9 8 9 9 9 10
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 10 15 20 25 30 36 41 43 39
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (30 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (32300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 19 19 21 28 41 49 75 64 54 57 78
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............86 84 81 76 74 73 71 70 68 68 65 65
RH..............46 51 56 64 71 73 79 81 84 84 90 87
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 8 7 6 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.7 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 7
30 FT WND DIR...E E E E E E E E E E E SE
30 FT WND SPD...8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8
30 FT WND GST...12 10 9 8 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.7 2.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 9 10 10 10 12 13 13 10 13 12
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/100032 24 17 9 4 2 3 5 5 5 5 4
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 8 MPH.
WIND (30 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (55900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 78 68 49 71 58 49 62 56 52 41 35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............64 63 65 68 71 73 75 77 78 79 79 80
RH..............87 87 81 73 66 62 60 56 52 50 50 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 16 16 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12
30 FT WND DIR...SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
30 FT WND SPD...8 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 13 13 13
30 FT WND GST...12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.6 3.5 2.8 4.1 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 5 10 16 24 32 40 47 51 53 54 56
FORECASTER...NICOLAISEN
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW M GIRALT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614741.0/OAX
.DELDT 06/01/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL AGIRALT2@UNL.EDU
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