102
FNUS73 KTOP 122309
FWSTOP

SPOT FORECAST for Washington Creek...LOCAL/COUNTY OFFICIAL
National Weather Service Topeka KS
509 PM CST Thu Feb 12 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CST on February 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds for the remainder of the afternoon and early evening should stay
light, out of the southeast. Winds will stay below 10 mph through the
overnight hours, slowly shifting towards the west/northwest by Friday
morning.

RH values should recover above 40 percent between 6-7 PM this evening
and above 60% by 9-10 PM.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........59 at forecast start...Max 61.
RH..................40 percent at forecast start...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds south at 3 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise Light winds.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 900 ft
                    AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4300 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
                    Max...poor /4300 knot-ft/.

TIME (CST)      5PM
Sky cover.......MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0
Temp............59
RH..............40
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..3
20 FT wind gust.6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9
SDspl kt-ft/10004

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 34.
RH..................Max 85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............56  53  49  46  45  43  42  41  40  39  37  36
RH..............43  48  58  65  68  73  76  76  79  82  85  85
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   SW  W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.5   5   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   5   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
SDspl kt-ft/10001   2   2   3   3   3   2   3   2   2   1   1

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Temperature.........Max 61.
RH..................Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............36  35  36  42  47  51  55  58  60  60  61  59
RH..............85  85  82  73  65  56  49  44  39  39  38  42
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   1   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.4 0.8
SDspl kt-ft/10002   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   4   5   5   3

$$
Forecaster...Griesemer
Requested by...Clint Hornberger
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2602637.0/TOP
.DELDT 02/12/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jmathis@dgcoks.gov,chornberger@dgcoks.gov