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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDERNESS PARK - BETTY ORR OXBOW OTOE BRIDGE...LINCOLN PARKS AND RECREATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
950 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 50 DEGREES AT IGNITION TIME, RISING
CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. RH WILL FALL FROM 55 PERCENT
TO 25% THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST AT 10-15 MPH, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 15-20
MPH.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE 30 FT WIND SPEEDS ON DAY OF BURN: 28 MPH
LOWEST POSSIBLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON DAY OF BURN: 20%
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS UP TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (30 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 8100 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /39600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /131700 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (146000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................1.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 20 11 12 15 15 17 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............51 55 57 59 60 60 60 62
RH..............51 43 38 34 33 31 29 26
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 9 10 11 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 16 18 19 18 18 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW N N NW NW NW NW N
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
EYE LVL WND GST.9 10 12 13 14 14 13 13
30 FT WND DIR...NW N N NW NW NW NW N
30 FT WND SPD...8 10 11 13 14 15 15 15
30 FT WND GST...15 17 20 22 24 23 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 4.4 5.8 6.6 7.5 7.9 8.1 7.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NW NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 22 23 23 22 22 22
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SDSPL KT-FT/100040 70 103 132 149 156 154 146
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (30 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 10
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 9
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (129000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO GOOD (33000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 17 16 16 12 10 6 7 7 5 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............60 60 56 51 48 46 43 41 40 38 36 36
RH..............27 26 33 37 42 45 53 55 57 62 67 67
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NE NE NE N W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 11 8 6 5 4 2 2
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N NE NE NE N W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 6 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2
30 FT WND DIR...N N N N N N NE NE NE N W W
30 FT WND SPD...13 10 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 3
30 FT WND GST...20 17 14 10 8 6 5 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.4 6.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 18 13 12 10 10 8 7 7 6 5 5
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/1000129 105 70 33 5 0 0 3 2 2 2 1
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 4 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND (30 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 9 11 9 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 4
WEATHER COV..... WID
WEATHER TYPE.... FST
TSTM COV........
TEMP............35 34 38 45 52 57 60 62 65 67 68 70
RH..............66 72 64 51 41 35 32 30 27 26 25 23
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST. 4 5 6 8 10 10 10 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 7
30 FT WND DIR...W W W W W W W W W W W W
30 FT WND SPD...3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 8 8
30 FT WND GST... 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.5 3.3 4.8 5.9 6.7 7.3 7.7 7.5 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W W W NW NW NW NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 3 5 6 9 9 10 10 13 15 14
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDSPL KT-FT/10001 2 4 9 17 29 44 60 79 94 98 80
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
SUNDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MONDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
TUESDAY
COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
FORECASTER...KG
REQUESTED BY...AARON DRUERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612412.0/OAX
.DELDT 05/01/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ADRUERY@LINCOLN.NE.GOV
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