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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

KSZ058-162115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      88          67          88          68          84
TEMP          65 65 76 83 87 86 76 71 68 68 77 84 86 87 77 73 68 68 74 81 83 82
DEWPT         65 64 69 69 68 69 68 68 67 67 71 72 72 72 72 70 68 67 71 70 68 68
MIN/MAX RH                   53          99          60          99          60
RH           100 97 79 63 53 57 76 90 97 97 82 67 63 61 85 90100 97 90 69 61 63
WIND DIR       S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW
WIND SPD       2  2  5  5  8  9  5  5  5  5  9 18 16 14 12 10 10  9 10 10  9  5
WIND GUST                                      29          21
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
CLOUDS (%)    37 54 36 18 22  7 11 51 52 70 73 54 32 49 65 79 88 86 67 35 20 11
POP 12HR                      0          10          40          60          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.33        0.33        1.12        0.04
RAIN SHWRS                               SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM IS IS
TSTMS                                    SC SC SC SC NM NM NM SC IS IS
Obvis         PF PF
MIX HGT      <10<10 18 30 35 14<10<10<10<10 11 27 30 15<10<10<10<10 17 37 47 17
T WIND DIR     S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S SW  W  W NW
T WIND SPD     4  4  6  6 10 12 11 11 12 12 10 18 21 19 19 24 21 17 13 18 20 13
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR FR PR PR FR GD EX FR


Date          Thu 06/19/25Fri 06/20/25Sat 06/21/25Sun 06/22/25
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       64      88      70      93      75      93      74      91
TEMP          70 65 86 87 75 73 91 90 79 75 89 89 78 74 88 88
DEWPT         66 64 67 69 68 69 73 72 69 66 71 70 69 67 69 68
RH            87 97 53 55 79 87 56 56 72 74 56 54 74 79 54 52
PWIND DIR          NW       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5       0       5       0       0       0       0       5

$$

KSZ024-162115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      88          68          85          67          82
TEMP          68 68 77 84 88 87 77 73 70 68 76 82 85 83 74 72 68 67 73 78 81 80
DEWPT         64 65 67 68 67 66 68 68 66 66 67 69 68 68 69 67 66 65 68 67 66 65
MIN/MAX RH                   48          92          57          93          59
RH            87 90 71 59 50 50 74 84 87 93 74 65 57 61 84 84 93 93 84 69 60 60
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N SW  S  S  S SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD       3  2  8  6 10  9  5  8 10  9 13  6 11 11 10  9  9  8 10 10  9  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW B1 FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV B1 SC FW FW
CLOUDS (%)    13 53 24 26 26 10 28 49 52 69 68 55 43 60 81 88 80 90 59 34 21 10
POP 12HR                      0          30          30          80          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.27        0.35        1.51        0.06
RAIN SHWRS                         SC SC SC SC SC SC  O  O NM NM IS IS
TSTMS                              SC SC SC SC SC SC  O  O NM SC IS IS
MIX HGT      <10<10 19 31 39 15<10<10<10<10 12 26 31 18<10<10<10<10 22 33 33 17
T WIND DIR    SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  W SW SW  S  S SE SE  E  E SE NE NW  W NW NW
T WIND SPD     6  5 10 10 12 14 11 16 11 10 13 11 14 16 11 20 18  9 10 12 14 12
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Thu 06/19/25Fri 06/20/25Sat 06/21/25Sun 06/22/25
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       63      88      69      93      75      93      75      91
TEMP          69 64 84 86 74 72 90 91 80 75 89 90 80 75 88 89
DEWPT         63 62 66 67 67 68 72 69 67 65 69 67 67 66 67 66
RH            81 93 55 53 79 87 56 49 65 71 52 47 65 74 50 47
PWIND DIR           W      SW       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5       0       5       0       0       0       0       5

$$

KSZ012-162115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      89          67          85          66          81
TEMP          68 68 79 85 88 87 76 73 69 69 77 82 84 82 73 70 67 66 73 78 80 78
DEWPT         65 64 67 67 65 64 66 67 65 64 66 68 67 66 66 65 63 63 66 65 64 64
MIN/MAX RH                   46          88          55          89          59
RH            90 87 67 55 47 46 71 81 87 84 69 63 57 58 79 84 87 90 79 64 58 62
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S NW SW  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD       3  2  6  6  9  9  5  6 10  5 12  9 10  8  6  5  5  5  6  8  8  4
WIND GUST                             20    24
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC FW FW
CLOUDS (%)    11 45 27 30 29  9 28 46 58 75 55 51 50 71 83 85 77 94 53 31 22  9
POP 12HR                      0          30          30          80          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.16        0.26        1.59        0.10
RAIN SHWRS                         SC SC SC SC SC SC  O  O NM NM IS IS
TSTMS                              SC SC SC SC SC SC NM  O NM SC IS IS
MIX HGT      <10<10 22 33 43 18<10<10<10<10 14 31 31 17<10<10<10<10 24 31 35 22
T WIND DIR    SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  N NW NW NW
T WIND SPD     9  8 11 10 12 14 13 13 12 11 12 11 13 17 16 16 18  9  6 12  9 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR FR PR FR GD FR FR


Date          Thu 06/19/25Fri 06/20/25Sat 06/21/25Sun 06/22/25
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       62      87      68      93      75      93      74      91
TEMP          66 63 84 86 73 71 90 91 79 75 90 91 79 74 88 89
DEWPT         61 60 65 66 64 66 71 69 65 63 68 66 64 64 67 64
RH            84 90 53 51 73 84 54 49 62 66 49 44 60 71 50 44
PWIND DIR           W      SW       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     15>     <15     15>
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
POP 12HR            5       0      10       0       0       0       0       5

$$

KSZ012-162115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      90          68          85          66          81
TEMP          69 68 79 86 89 88 78 73 71 69 78 82 83 81 72 70 67 66 74 78 80 79
DEWPT         65 64 66 66 64 65 66 68 67 64 66 67 66 65 65 64 63 63 65 63 63 62
MIN/MAX RH                   44          89          54          88          55
RH            87 87 64 51 44 47 67 84 87 84 67 61 57 58 79 81 87 90 74 60 56 56
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SW  S  S SE SE SE SW  W  W NW NW
WIND SPD       3  3  8  9 10  8  5  8  6  8  8  9 11  9  9  8  9  9 10 10  9  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV SC SC FW FW
CLOUDS (%)    12 27 24 35 25 11 26 48 54 76 60 59 58 73 80 84 78 90 49 39 20 13
POP 12HR                      0          30          30          80          20
QPF 12HR                      0        0.53        0.28        2.30        0.16
RAIN SHWRS                         SC SC SC SC SC SC  O  O NM NM IS IS
TSTMS                              SC SC SC IS SC SC NM  O NM SC IS IS
MIX HGT      <10<10 23 36 41 19<10<10<10<10 12 31 38 13<10<10<10<10 23 29 32 23
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SW  W NW NW NW NW
T WIND SPD     9  8 11 10 12 13 11 13 12 11 10  9 13 12 11 16 11  9 10 11  9 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR GD GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR


Date          Thu 06/19/25Fri 06/20/25Sat 06/21/25Sun 06/22/25
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       62      88      68      93      75      93      75      92
TEMP          67 63 85 86 73 71 91 91 81 75 90 91 80 75 89 89
DEWPT         60 60 63 64 63 64 69 67 65 63 66 65 64 64 64 62
RH            78 90 48 48 71 79 49 45 58 66 45 42 58 69 44 41
PWIND DIR           W      SW       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
POP 12HR            0       0      10       0       0       0       0       5

$$


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