Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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Spot Forecast for Prairie Island Fire...USFWS
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
729 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on August 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (501) 834-3955 and ask for the fire
weather forecaster if you have any questions or concerns with
this forecast.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...
Mostly dry condtions today along with light winds and hot temperatures.
Some chance of rain moves in to the area Monday morning.
.REST OF TODAY...
Max temperature.....74 at forecast start...Max 100.
Min humidity........94 percent at forecast start...Min 38 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............1.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Dispersion..........11 increasing to 18 late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...3.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74 81 85 89 92 95 97 98 100 98
RH..............94 84 75 57 52 46 42 41 38 39
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE E E NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.8 1.3 1.9 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.7 6.5 6.6 5.0
Category Day....1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE N N N N NE
Transp wind spd.6 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.TONIGHT...
Min temperature.....Min 73.
Max humidity........Max 93 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Stability class.....6.
LVORI...............4.
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Dispersion..........15 decreasing to 4 in the late evening and
overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...2.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............95 93 87 84 82 80 79 79 78 77 75 75
RH..............43 49 61 67 74 77 79 79 82 85 87 87
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MixHgtAGL (kft).2.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Category Day....2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Transp wind dir.NE E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
.MONDAY...
Max temperature.....Max 95.
Min humidity........Min 46 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers in the morning. Slight chance of
thunderstorms through the day. Slight chance of
showers in the afternoon.
Dispersion..........5 increasing to 19 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Peak Category Day...2.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............75 74 77 79 84 86 88 90 92 92 93 94
RH..............87 93 87 82 70 65 61 56 52 52 51 47
20 FT wind dir..E SE NE E E SE SE E E E SE SE
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.3 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.1
Category Day....1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 9
Chc of pcpn (%).10 30 40 40 20 10 10 10 10 20 20 10
$$
Forecaster...J Hood
Requested by...Chris Foster
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/23/26
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.EMAIL christopher_foster@fws.gov