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Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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SPOT FORECAST for TPNP West Red House...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
210 PM CDT Tue Jul 21 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 CDT on July 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Please contact us via NWS Chat, 800mhz radio or phone if you have
questions or concerns with this forecast,
.DISCUSSION...
Behind the frontal boundary that moved through the area today, RH
values dropped during the afternoon. Tonight, as temperatures fall
closer to the dewpoint, RH values will increase again into the
60-70% range. Northeasterly winds will turn easterly, remaining
under 10 mph. For Wednesday, warm and dry conditions are expected
with RH values falling into the 30% range with easterly winds
around 10 mph.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 13 to 14 mph.
TIME (CDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3 2 8 14 15 11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 74 73 71 70 69
RH..............60 62 66 68 71 71
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE E E
20 FT wind spd..5 5 4 4 4 5
20 FT wind gust.8 7 7 7 7 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Mixing wind dir.NE NE E E E E
Mixing wind spd.14 14 13 14 13 13
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 12 to 15 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10 17 14 24 30 34 29 23 15 11 16 11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............68 68 70 72 76 78 80 82 83 84 85 85
RH..............73 73 68 60 50 44 41 39 36 35 35 36
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
20 FT wind gust.8 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.7 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.5
Mixing wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Mixing wind spd.12 12 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
showers after 3 am. Chance of thunderstorms
after 3 am. Showers likely early in the
morning.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 14 to 16 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6 6 7 9 17 18 21 32 19 50 69 70
Weather cov..... CHC CHC LKY
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 50 50 60
Temp............84 83 81 76 74 72 71 70 69 67 67 66
RH..............36 37 41 51 57 61 63 66 71 76 79 81
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..9 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 11
Mix hgt (kft)...4.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mixing wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Mixing wind spd.16 16 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 15 15 14
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning. Showers
likely in the morning. Slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning.
CWR.................60 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms early in the morning.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 14 to 20 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72 88 66 71 76 66 56 46 45 44 44 41
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............60 60 60 60 60 60 60 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............66 66 67 68 70 73 75 78 80 81 82 83
RH..............84 85 85 82 76 70 63 58 55 53 52 51
20 FT wind dir..E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 11
20 FT wind gust.10 11 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 17 17 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0
Mixing wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Mixing wind spd.14 14 16 18 20 20 18 17 17 18 18 17
$$
Forecaster...Davis
Requested by...Tony Capizzo
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2617865.0/ICT
.DELDT 07/21/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL acapizzo@tnc.org