Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS

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MORNING LOW LEVEL WIND FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
704 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...SHAWNEE COUNTY...

.DISCUSSION...

AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 653 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO
THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE PERHAPS SOME LOWERED CIGS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY SHOULD RESIDE NORTH OF THE
TERMINALS...BUT A FEW SHOWERS COULD FORM ALONG OR SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70...WHICH WOULD THREATEN THE TERMINALS WITH AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. EXPECT THE T-STORM THREAT TO END OVERNIGHT.
MODELS ARE ALSO HINTING AT A PERIOD OF REDUCED VSBY DUE TO PATCHY
FOG EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

JL

.THIS MORNING...
    SUNRISE:                         609 AM

    SURFACE WIND FORECAST:           8 AM  210/08 MPH

    TOP SND (AGL) (AT 602 AM):        200FT  205/11 MPH
                                      400FT  205/17 MPH
                                      600FT  211/23 MPH
                                      800FT  216/29 MPH
                                     1000FT  227/46 MPH
                                     1500FT  242/54 MPH
                                     2000FT  244/53 MPH

    RAP WINDS (AGL)(AT 700 AM):      SURFACE 209/06 MPH
                                      102FT  213/09 MPH
                                      259FT  218/14 MPH
                                      529FT  225/22 MPH
                                      932FT  231/32 MPH
                                     1465FT  241/45 MPH
                                     2112FT  253/49 MPH
                                     2836FT  260/46 MPH
                                     3640FT  259/39 MPH

    RAP WINDS (AGL)(AT 800 AM):        24 201/07 MPH
                                      108FT  203/09 MPH
                                      265FT  211/10 MPH
                                      535FT  223/18 MPH
                                      938FT  232/30 MPH
                                     1468FT  247/41 MPH
                                     2116FT  261/41 MPH
                                     2842FT  268/37 MPH
                                     3647FT  264/32 MPH

    RAP WINDS (AGL)(AT 900 AM):        27 210/11 MPH
                                      112FT  210/13 MPH
                                      267FT  211/14 MPH
                                      542FT  212/16 MPH
                                      946FT  232/30 MPH
                                     1468FT  247/41 MPH
                                     2116FT  261/41 MPH
                                     2842FT  268/37 MPH
                                     3647FT  264/32 MPH

    DENSITY ALTITUDE:                8 AM  2241 FT

.OUTLOOK FOR THIS EVENING...
    SUNSET:         829 PM
    SURFACE WIND:   6 PM  180/13 MPH
                    8 PM  180/12 MPH

&&

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF
SCHEDULED ISSUANCES. A METEOROLOGIST WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT PHONE
NUMBER 1-785-234-2592.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOPEKA

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