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FIRE WEATHER POINT PLANNING FORECASTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
413 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

KSZ058-132215-
FLINT HILLS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (NEAR HARTFORD)
38.32N  95.94W ELEV. 1066 FT
413 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

DATE             THU 06/13/13            FRI 06/14/13            SAT 06/15/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      84          67          93          73          91
TEMP             66 73 80 84 81 74 71 68 68 78 88 92 90 81 77 75 74 83 89 91 88
DEWPT            56 60 62 63 64 64 64 64 64 68 70 70 72 72 71 70 69 73 70 72 71
MIN/MAX RH                   50          92          49          88          53
RH               70 64 54 49 56 71 79 87 87 71 55 49 56 74 82 84 84 72 54 54 57
WIND DIR          N NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S
WIND SPD          8  9  9  8  9  8  8  9 10 16 17 18 14 11 10  9 11 14 14 14 11
CLOUDS(CAT)      FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS (%)       16 15 24 31 29 29 33 37 42 37 30 31 29 22 27 27 25 34 47 49 51
POP 12HR                      5          10          10          10          20
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS                                                       IS IS IS IS NM
TSTMS                                                            IS IS IS IS NM
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2
HAINES            5  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  6  6  6  6  6  6
MIX HGT         <10 21 29 33 27<10<10<10<10 16 25 29 34<10<10<10<10<10 11 16<10
T WIND DIR        N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
T WIND SPD       11 14 10 10 13 11 10 12 16 25 25 27 31 23 19 16 21 23 21 24 23
SMOKE DISP       PR FR FR FR GD PR PR PR PR GD GD EX EX PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR


DATE          SUN 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED 06/19/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       71      87      69      85      66      84      67      86
TEMP          74 71 85 85 72 69 83 83 69 67 82 82 71 68 84 86
DEWPT         70 67 70 70 69 67 69 69 65 63 66 66 64 63 70 69
RH            87 87 61 61 90 93 63 63 87 87 58 58 79 84 63 57
PWIND DIR           S       S       S       N      NE       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           60      50      70      20      10      10      20      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM SC SC NM NM IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         NM NM SC SC NM NM IS IS IS IS       IS IS IS IS

$$

KSZ024-132215-
POTAWATOMI INDIAN RESERVATION
39.33N  95.85W ELEV. 1056 FT
413 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

DATE             THU 06/13/13            FRI 06/14/13            SAT 06/15/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      83          66          91          73          92
TEMP             64 73 80 83 81 73 70 67 67 77 87 91 89 81 78 75 74 84 90 92 89
DEWPT            54 59 60 61 61 62 62 62 62 67 69 70 71 71 71 70 68 71 68 67 68
MIN/MAX RH                   47          88          51          85          45
RH               70 62 51 47 51 68 76 84 84 71 55 50 56 72 79 84 82 65 49 44 50
WIND DIR          N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
WIND SPD          6  8  8  8  8  5  5  6  9 17 18 19 14 13 11 11 10 11 12 12 10
CLOUDS(CAT)      FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS (%)       15 23 29 43 43 43 48 54 66 50 28 32 35 28 26 38 26 36 44 48 51
POP 12HR                     10          20          20          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0        0.01
RAIN SHWRS                         IS IS IS                      SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                              IS IS IS                      SC SC SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  3
HAINES            3  3  4  4  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  6  6  5  5  4  4
MIX HGT         <10 20 33 36 32<10<10<10<10 23 26 32 50<10<10<10<10 12 40 55 34
T WIND DIR        N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
T WIND SPD       13 14 10  9 12 10  9 12 16 26 28 28 29 26 21 20 20 17 17 17 19
SMOKE DISP       PR FR GD FR GD PR PR PR PR GD EX EX EX PR PR PR PR FR GD EX GD


DATE          SUN 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED 06/19/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       70      87      68      85      65      84      67      87
TEMP          73 71 84 85 72 69 82 83 68 66 81 82 70 67 84 86
DEWPT         67 67 69 69 68 66 68 66 63 62 64 65 64 62 68 68
RH            81 87 61 59 87 90 63 57 84 87 56 56 81 84 59 55
PWIND DIR           S       S      SE       N      NE       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           50      40      70      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC NM NM                         IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC NM NM                         IS IS

$$

KSZ012-132215-
KICKAPOO INDIAN RESERVATION
39.69N  95.66W ELEV. 1150 FT
413 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

DATE             THU 06/13/13            FRI 06/14/13            SAT 06/15/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      83          65          90          73          92
TEMP             63 72 80 83 80 72 69 66 66 76 86 90 88 81 77 74 74 84 90 92 89
DEWPT            53 59 60 60 61 61 61 61 62 66 68 70 71 71 71 70 68 71 70 70 69
MIN/MAX RH                   47          89          53          88          49
RH               70 64 51 46 52 68 76 84 87 71 55 52 57 72 82 87 82 65 52 49 52
WIND DIR          N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
WIND SPD          8  8  8  6  6  5  5  6  9 17 20 19 16 14 13 11 10 10 10  9  8
CLOUDS(CAT)      FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS (%)       13 20 30 45 45 46 51 58 69 56 33 36 39 31 30 31 30 39 45 48 51
POP 12HR                     10          30          30          10          30
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.02           0        0.02
RAIN SHWRS                         IS SC SC       IS             SC SC SC SC NM
TSTMS                              IS SC SC       IS             SC SC SC SC NM
LAL               1  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  3  2  2  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  3
HAINES            3  3  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  6  6  5  5  5  5
MIX HGT         <10 14 33 36 31<10<10<10<10 21 25 33 33<10<10<10<10 17 30 37 40
T WIND DIR        N  N NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  W  W SW SW
T WIND SPD       11 11 10  8 11  9  9 11 16 27 31 29 28 28 26 23 20 17 10 11 12
SMOKE DISP       PR FR FR FR GD PR PR PR PR GD EX EX EX PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD


DATE          SUN 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED 06/19/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       69      86      67      84      64      83      66      86
TEMP          73 70 84 84 71 68 82 82 68 65 81 81 70 67 83 85
DEWPT         68 67 70 69 68 66 67 65 63 62 64 65 64 62 67 68
RH            84 90 63 61 90 93 61 56 84 90 56 58 81 84 59 57
PWIND DIR           S       S       S       N      NE       E      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           60      40      70      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM SC SC NM NM                         IS IS
TSTMS         NM NM SC SC NM NM                         IS IS

$$

KSZ012-132215-
IOWA SAC&FOX INDIAN RESERVATION
39.98N  95.44W ELEV. 965 FT
413 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

DATE             THU 06/13/13            FRI 06/14/13            SAT 06/15/13
UTC 3HRLY     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3HRLY     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      82          64          88          72          91
TEMP             63 72 79 82 80 72 68 65 65 74 84 88 86 80 77 74 73 83 89 91 88
DEWPT            53 59 61 60 61 61 61 61 62 64 67 70 72 71 70 70 68 71 71 71 71
MIN/MAX RH                   47          90          56          88          54
RH               70 64 54 47 52 68 78 87 90 71 57 55 63 74 79 87 84 67 56 52 57
WIND DIR          N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  W SW SW SW
WIND SPD          8  6  6  5  6  5  4  5  6 14 19 19 16 13 13 11  9  9  8  6  5
CLOUDS(CAT)      FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS (%)       11 15 29 41 47 47 53 61 68 63 39 39 41 36 36 29 35 43 48 50 53
POP 12HR                     10          30          30          10          40
QPF 12HR                      0        0.05        0.05           0        0.05
RAIN SHWRS                      IS IS SC SC       IS             SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                           IS IS SC SC       IS             SC SC SC SC SC
LAL               1  1  1  1  2  2  3  3  3  3  2  2  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  3
HAINES            3  3  3  3  5  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  3  3  6  6  6  6  5  5
MIX HGT         <10 15 36 39 33<10<10<10<10 10 22 31 29<10<10<10<10 19 30 34 28
T WIND DIR        N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
T WIND SPD       12 10  9  6 10 12 11 12 13 25 28 28 28 24 23 21 17 13  6  9  4
SMOKE DISP       PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR


DATE          SUN 06/16/13 MON 06/17/13 TUE 06/18/13 WED 06/19/13
UTC 6HRLY     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6HRLY     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       69      86      67      84      64      83      66      86
TEMP          73 70 83 84 71 68 82 82 68 65 80 81 70 67 84 85
DEWPT         68 67 70 69 67 66 67 65 62 61 64 65 65 62 67 68
RH            84 90 65 61 87 93 61 56 81 87 58 58 84 84 57 57
PWIND DIR           S       S      SE       N      NE       E      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR           50      30      70      10      10      10      10      20
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC NM NM                         IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC NM NM                         IS IS

$$


BELOW IS A WEATHER ELEMENT KEY FOR THIS PRODUCT

DAY 1 THROUGH 3...
MAX/MIN TEMP OR MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
MIN/MAX RH OR MAX/MIN RH(%).........MAXIMUM/MINIMUM HUMDITY
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)...........WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
CLOUDS(CAT).........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: CL = CLEAR; FW = FEW; SC = SCATTERED; BK = BROKEN; OV = OVERCAST
CLOUDS(%)...........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     TYPE...
       RAIN...........RAIN
       RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS
       TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS
       DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE
       SNOW...........SNOW
       SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS
       SLEET..........SLEET
       FRZG RAIN......FREEZING RAIN
       FRZG DRZL......FREEZING DRIZZLE
       K..............SMOKE
       F..............FOG
     COVERAGE...
       IS.............ISOLATED
       SC.............SCATTERED
       NM.............NUMEROUS
       O..............OCCASIONAL
       S..............SLIGHT CHANCE
       C..............CHANCE
       L..............LIKELY
       WD.............WIDESPREAD
       D..............DEFINITE
       AR.............AREAS
       PA.............PATCHY
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(HUNDREDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 35 = 3500 FEET; <10 = LESS THAN 1000 FOOT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
SMOKE DISP(CAT(KT-FT))...................SMOKE DISPERSION CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: PR = POOR; FR = FAIR; GD = GOOD; EX = EXCELLENT
DAY 4 THROUGH 7...
MAX/MIN TEMP OR MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
     EXAMPLE: <15 = LESS THAN 15 MPH; 15> = 15 MPH OR GREATER
AVE CLOUDS(CAT).....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS






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