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Spot Forecast for Fairbury Cemetery Prescribed Burn...Fairbury Rural Fire Department
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
510 AM CST Sun Nov 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on November 02. 
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Rangeland fire danger remains in the low category for today. Winds
will be breezy today from the south southwest, especially after
9 am. Expect sustained winds of 15 to 18 mph with gusts up to 30
mph in the afternoon. Winds will relax after 6 pm to 5 to 10 mph. 
Minimum relative humidity will be at 45 to 50%. An inversion 
during the early morning hours will result in poor smoke dispersal
until the afternoon hours when mixing heights rise to around 
2,000 ft. Have a good burn.
                        
Strongest Possible Wind Speeds on Day of Burn: 15 to 18 mph
sustained winds with isolated gusts up to 30 mph.
            
Lowest Possible Relative Humidity on Day of Burn: 45 to 50%

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). 
Max temperature.....Around 60. 
Min humidity........49 percent. 
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 11 mph. 
Surface winds (mph).South winds 8 to 18 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 15 mph. 
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 16 to 25 mph decreasing to around 14 mph 
                    late in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8700 knot-ft) early in the morning 
                    increasing to good (46700 knot-ft) in the 
                    afternoon. 
GFDI................1. 

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
Sky (%).........3   1   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   
Weather cov.....                                            
Weather type....                                            
Tstm cov........                                            
Temp............28  33  39  44  48  52  56  58  58  59  57  
RH..............100 92  76  68  60  56  51  49  49  49  53  
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
20 FT wind spd..6   8   9   10  12  13  14  14  13  12  9   
20 FT wind gust.11  13  16  17  18  18  18  18  18  17  14  
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   6   7   8   9   10  11  11  10  9   7   
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   10  12  13  13  14  14  14  13  13  11  
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Surface wnd spd.8   10  11  13  15  16  18  18  16  15  11  
Surface wnd gst.14  16  20  21  22  23  23  23  22  21  18  
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.5 0.7 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Transp wind spd.16  17  21  25  24  25  24  23  22  18  14  
GFDI............0   0   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   1   
SDspl kt-ft/10009   12  17  26  36  43  47  46  41  31  18  

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). 
Min temperature.....Around 39. 
Max humidity........96 percent. 
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph early in the evening 
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 4 
                    mph after 3 am. 
Surface winds (mph).South winds around 9 mph decreasing to 6 to 8 
                    mph early in the evening, then becoming light 
                    in the late evening and overnight becoming 
                    north around 6 mph after 3 am. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph decreasing to 5 to 6 
                    mph early in the evening, then becoming light 
                    in the late evening and overnight becoming 
                    north around 5 mph after 3 am. 
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph shifting to the northwest 7 
                    to 10 mph overnight, then shifting to the north 
                    14 to 18 mph overnight. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft). 
GFDI................1. 

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 
Sky (%).........0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2   2   2   2   2   
Weather cov.....                                                
Weather type....                                                
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............53  51  47  45  44  43  41  41  41  41  41  41  
RH..............64  66  76  82  86  89  96  89  86  86  79  76  
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   4   3   3   3   4   5   5   5   
20 FT wind gust.12  11  10  10  8   7   6   6   8   10  10  10  
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   4   4   4   3   2   2   2   3   4   4   4   
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   8   7   6   5   4   5   6   7   7   8   
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   
Surface wnd spd.9   8   6   6   5   4   4   4   5   6   6   6   
Surface wnd gst.15  14  13  12  10  9   7   8   10  12  12  13  
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   
Transp wind spd.14  14  9   9   9   8   7   10  14  18  18  16  
GFDI............1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
SDspl kt-ft/10007   3   3   4   3   3   3   4   7   8   8   7   

$$
Forecaster...Castillo
Requested by...Barry Schwab
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2524880.0/OAX
.DELDT 11/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wbschwab@outlook.com