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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
350 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

KSZ058-302130-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
350 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          58          77          63          75
TEMP          55 54 69 78 81 75 66 63 60 59 65 72 76 73 67 66 66 66 70 72 72 69
DEWPT         51 51 60 62 64 62 59 58 57 57 58 62 64 63 63 63 64 65 67 66 63 60
MIN/MAX RH                   55          94          67          96          73
RH            86 90 73 58 56 64 78 84 90 93 78 71 66 71 87 90 93 97 90 81 73 73
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
WIND SPD      10  9 18 25 23 18 10  9  6 10 12 16 18 14 14 20 21 18 21 18 18 13
WIND GUST                                      26          31 32 29 34 28
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
CLOUDS (%)    11 18 11 12 21 57 69 45 55 64 72 84 74 71 79 68 62 85 81 77 74 69
POP 12HR                     50          70          60          70          80
QPF 12HR                   0.19        0.48        0.29        0.47        0.56
RAIN SHWRS    IS             NM NM IS    SC SC NM NM NM NM NM NM  O  O  O  O SC
TSTMS                        NM NM IS    SC SC SC SC NM SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  5  4  3  2  4  4  4  4  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  4
HAINES         6  6  5  4  3  4  4  5  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  4
MIX HGT      <10<10 13 34 34<10<10<10<10<10 13 27 27<10<10<10<10<10 21 32 21<10
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SE  E SE SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
T WIND SPD    13 16 23 34 33 24 13 13 10 12 17 24 26 25 18 24 25 21 25 27 20 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR EX EX PR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX FR PR PR PR FR GD EX GD PR


Date          Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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       51      73      54      74      52      73      58      78
TEMP          58 52 69 70 58 58 69 72 58 53 67 69 60 60 73 76
DEWPT         54 50 52 53 54 56 61 59 54 51 55 57 58 59 63 63
RH            86 93 55 55 86 93 76 64 86 93 65 66 93 96 71 64
PWIND DIR          NW      NE      SE      SW       N       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           50      20      40      40      30      30      30      30
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS         SC IS       IS SC SC SC SC IS    IS SC SC SC SC

$$

KSZ024-302130-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
350 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          54          75          62          74
TEMP          56 55 67 78 82 76 65 59 55 54 63 70 74 71 65 64 64 65 67 71 70 68
DEWPT         50 49 56 60 62 61 57 53 52 50 52 55 60 61 60 61 61 63 66 65 61 58
MIN/MAX RH                   51          89          59          95          70
RH            80 80 68 54 51 60 75 80 90 86 67 59 62 71 84 90 90 93 97 81 73 70
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SW SW NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW
WIND SPD       6  9 16 23 24 13  8  9 10 10 12 14 14 13 17 18 18 17 16 17 14 13
WIND GUST                                                     28
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
CLOUDS (%)    46 31 34 27 26 65 32 23 42 52 68 64 74 82 88 81 84 91 83 80 74 72
POP 12HR                     70          50          70          80          90
QPF 12HR                   0.09        0.01        0.42        1.06        0.68
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS       IS NM SC       SC SC NM NM  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O SC
TSTMS         IS IS       IS NM SC       IS SC SC NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  3  1  1  3  5  3  1  1  3  4  4  5  5  4  5  5  4  4  4  4  4
HAINES         5  6  5  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  4  2  4  3  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 14 37 52<10<10<10<10<10 15 32 36 14<10<10<10<10 23 29 24<10
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  S SW  S NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW NW
T WIND SPD    11 14 21 33 35 18 11 11 14 16 20 24 26 20 19 19 20 19 25 23 20 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR EX EX PR PR PR PR PR FR EX EX FR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD PR


Date          Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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       49      71      52      71      48      71      56      77
TEMP          55 49 67 68 56 55 67 69 55 49 66 68 59 57 71 73
DEWPT         50 46 51 51 50 51 58 55 49 47 53 54 54 57 61 61
RH            83 89 56 54 80 86 73 61 80 93 63 61 83100 71 66
PWIND DIR          NW      NE       E      NW       N       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           50      20      40      40      30      20      30      40
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS         SC             SC SC SC IS       IS IS SC IS SC

$$

KSZ012-302130-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
350 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          52          74          60          74
TEMP          54 52 68 78 83 78 67 59 54 53 63 69 73 69 63 62 63 63 67 71 70 67
DEWPT         51 49 56 60 62 61 56 53 50 49 48 52 58 61 60 60 61 61 65 65 61 58
MIN/MAX RH                   50          87          55          95          72
RH            90 89 65 54 49 56 68 80 86 86 58 55 59 76 90 93 93 93 93 81 73 73
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SW NW NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW
WIND SPD       5  8 14 21 24 16  8  9  8  9 10 13 14 11 13 16 17 17 18 18 14 13
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
CLOUDS (%)    32 43 33 31 40 64 29 14 39 47 65 67 74 78 91 86 90 74 85 79 76 68
POP 12HR                     60          50          70          90          90
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.01        0.32        1.20        0.71
RAIN SHWRS       IS       IS SC IS       SC SC NM NM  O  O  O  O  O  O NM NM SC
SPRINKLES     SC
TSTMS                     IS SC IS       IS SC SC NM NM SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  2  1  1  3  4  3  1  1  3  4  4  5  5  4  5  5  4  4  4  4  4
HAINES         5  6  5  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 15 38 51 10<10<10<10<10 16 29 40 15<10<10<10<10 26 29 24<10
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  S SW  W NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW NW NW
T WIND SPD    11 16 20 33 36 23 11 13 14 14 19 24 26 20 20 19 19 18 26 23 19 13
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR EX EX FR PR PR PR PR FR EX EX FR PR PR PR PR EX GD GD PR


Date          Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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       48      70      51      71      47      72      55      77
TEMP          54 49 67 67 54 52 66 67 53 48 66 68 58 56 71 73
DEWPT         50 45 51 52 49 50 58 55 49 46 53 54 54 55 61 61
RH            86 86 56 59 83 93 75 65 86 93 63 61 86 96 71 66
PWIND DIR          NW      NE       E      SW       N       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           40      20      40      40      20      20      30      40
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS         SC             SC SC SC IS          IS SC IS IS

$$

KSZ012-302130-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
350 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Date             Tue 04/30/24            Wed 05/01/24            Thu 05/02/24
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          52          74          59          75
TEMP          53 54 67 78 82 76 65 59 53 52 63 69 73 69 63 62 62 63 68 71 70 67
DEWPT         51 49 55 58 60 61 56 53 50 48 48 49 53 58 59 59 60 61 65 64 61 57
MIN/MAX RH                   48          91          48          94          70
RH            93 83 65 50 47 60 73 80 89 86 58 49 49 68 87 90 93 93 90 79 73 70
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW
WIND SPD       6  9 14 21 26 16  8  8  6  8 11 13 16 12 14 16 16 18 19 19 16 13
WIND GUST                                                        28 29 29
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
CLOUDS (%)    28 51 40 32 51 63 25  9 26 57 53 68 70 82 91 85 87 70 81 80 74 71
POP 12HR                     70          50          70          90          90
QPF 12HR                   0.18        0.05        0.28        1.18        0.73
RAIN SHWRS       IS       SC SC          SC SC NM NM  O  O  O  O  O  O NM NM SC
SPRINKLES     SC
TSTMS                     SC SC             IS SC SC NM NM NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  2  2  1  4  4  2  1  1  2  3  4  4  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4
HAINES         5  6  6  4  3  3  4  4  5  4  4  4  2  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 12 41 54 13<10<10<10<10 15 29 36 16<10<10<10<10 25 30 25 10
T WIND DIR    SW SW  S  S  S SW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW NW NW
T WIND SPD    12 14 18 32 39 24 13 11 11 11 17 21 25 20 20 16 16 19 26 23 18 13
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR EX EX FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX FR FR PR PR PR GD EX GD PR


Date          Fri 05/03/24Sat 05/04/24Sun 05/05/24Mon 05/06/24
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       48      71      50      72      46      72      55      78
TEMP          55 49 67 67 55 53 66 67 53 48 66 68 57 56 71 73
DEWPT         50 46 49 51 49 49 56 54 49 46 51 53 53 55 60 59
RH            83 89 52 56 80 86 70 63 86 93 58 59 86 96 68 62
PWIND DIR          NW       N       E      SW       N       E      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           40      20      40      40      20      20      30      50
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS         SC             SC SC SC             IS SC 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