Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
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Spot Forecast for Hickory Prairie - Wilderness Park...Lincoln Parks and Recreation
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
757 AM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on July 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Winds will remain out of the northeast through the day, becoming
more easterly into the evening. Winds will generally remain calm,
sustained at 5-9 mph with gusts of 10-14 mph during the
afternoon. Seasonable cool afternoon highs in the upper 70s with
afternoon minimum relative humidity values dropping near 50%.
Scattered rain showers are expected through the day, with a rumble
of thunder or two possible this afternoon. Rainfall totals are
expected to peak at 0.10-0.15", with isolated pockets reaching
0.25".
Strongest Possible 30 ft Wind Speeds on Day of Burn: 9 mph
sustained, 14 mph gust
Lowest Possible Relative Humidity on Day of Burn: 49 percent
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph.
Wind (30 ft)........Northeast winds around 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20400 knot-ft).
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86 91 87 89 91
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............75 77 74 74 74
RH..............52 50 57 57 57
20 ft wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE
20 ft wind spd..6 6 6 6 6
20 ft wind gust.10 10 11 12 11
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 9 8
30 ft wnd dir...NE NE NE NE NE
30 ft wnd spd...8 8 8 8 8
30 ft wnd gst...13 13 14 15 14
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 3.4 3.0 2.4 2.0
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 10 12 12 10
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100030 30 28 24 20
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers
through the night.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Wind (30 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 12 mph shifting to the southeast
around 9 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16100 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88 79 79 90 46 61 59 52 52 80 88 80
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Temp............71 71 71 69 67 67 66 65 65 66 64 63
RH..............64 61 64 68 75 75 78 81 78 75 81 84
20 ft wind dir..NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE
20 ft wind spd..6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
20 ft wind gust.10 8 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5
30 ft wnd dir...NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE
30 ft wnd spd...8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
30 ft wnd gst...12 10 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E E E E E E E SE
Transp wind spd.10 12 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/100016 12 9 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers in the
morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms through
the day. Chance of showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast up to 8 mph with
gusts to around 14 mph.
Wind (30 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 14 mph with
gusts to around 23 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 12 mph with
gusts to around 18 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the morning.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (38900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
GFDI................0.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83 92 79 77 74 90 89 84 76 86 77 71
Weather cov.....CHC LKY DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............63 63 65 67 68 70 72 72 74 75 76 76
RH..............87 87 87 84 81 78 76 76 71 69 66 66
20 ft wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 ft wind spd..4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 11
20 ft wind gust.7 8 10 11 13 14 14 17 17 18 18 18
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 7 8 10 10 11 13 13 13 14 14
30 ft wnd dir...SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
30 ft wnd spd...5 6 6 8 8 9 10 11 11 13 14 14
30 ft wnd gst...9 10 12 14 16 17 18 21 21 22 23 23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.9 2.1 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.1
Transp wind dir.SE SE S S S SE S SE S S SE S
Transp wind spd.10 13 12 14 15 12 15 16 14 15 16 17
GFDI............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDspl kt-ft/10006 9 12 15 19 23 26 30 34 38 39 37
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs
in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 9 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southeast winds around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
South winds around 6 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Wood
Requested by...Aaron Druery
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2617948.0/OAX
.DELDT 07/22/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adruery@lincoln.ne.gov