Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
669 FOUS53 KTOP 200536 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 KSZ039-210900- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 86 67 90 70 Temp 71 69 67 74 81 84 84 74 71 69 68 78 86 89 86 77 74 71 70 Dewpt 70 69 67 71 71 71 72 72 70 68 67 71 72 73 74 73 70 69 68 RH 97100100 90 72 65 67 93 97 97 97 79 63 59 68 87 87 93 93 Wind dir NE N N NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S S E SE SE SE NE Wind spd 2 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Clouds FW FW B2 SC CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF PF Heat index 90 90 92 97 94 Max heat 85 91 87 93 98 90 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 68 87 69 88 69 90 70 90 Temp 86 85 72 68 83 83 72 69 84 85 73 69 85 87 74 70 86 86 Dewpt 71 73 70 67 69 71 68 66 71 74 71 68 73 74 71 68 71 73 PWind dir NE E SE E E E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 FW PoP 12hr 20 5 20 30 20 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S S C S $$ KSZ040-210900- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 85 67 89 69 Temp 70 69 67 74 80 83 83 74 71 69 68 78 85 88 85 77 73 71 69 Dewpt 70 69 67 71 71 71 73 72 70 68 67 72 73 73 75 73 70 69 68 RH 100100100 90 74 67 72 93 97 97 97 82 67 61 72 87 90 93 97 Wind dir N NE NE NE N NE NE E SE S SE S S NW E E SE SE NE Wind spd 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 Clouds FW SC B2 B1 FW CL CL CL SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF PF Heat index 89 88 92 96 94 Max heat 85 90 85 93 98 90 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 68 86 68 87 69 89 70 89 Temp 85 84 72 68 82 82 72 69 84 85 73 69 85 86 74 70 86 85 Dewpt 72 73 69 66 69 71 67 66 71 74 70 68 73 75 71 68 72 74 PWind dir E E SE E E E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 20 30 20 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S S C S $$ KSZ054-210900- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 89 68 93 70 Temp 74 70 67 75 84 88 87 77 73 69 69 79 88 92 90 79 75 72 70 Dewpt 70 69 67 71 71 70 70 69 69 69 67 70 69 68 69 68 67 66 67 RH 87 97100 87 65 55 57 76 87100 93 74 54 46 50 69 76 81 90 Wind dir NE NE NW NE NE NE E E SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE Wind spd 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 Clouds CL CL SC FW CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 30 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 89 93 95 Max heat 90 95 88 94 97 91 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 68 90 70 92 70 92 71 92 Temp 88 89 73 69 86 88 75 70 87 89 75 70 87 90 75 71 88 89 Dewpt 70 70 68 67 68 67 66 65 70 71 69 68 71 71 69 68 70 70 PWind dir E E SE SE E E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW B1 FW FW SC B1 FW PoP 12hr 10 0 20 30 20 5 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S S S C S $$ KSZ022-210900- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 86 68 90 70 Temp 72 69 67 72 81 85 84 75 72 69 69 77 87 89 88 79 76 72 70 Dewpt 70 68 67 70 71 71 72 71 69 68 67 70 70 71 73 70 68 67 67 RH 93 97100 93 72 63 67 87 90 97 93 79 57 56 61 74 76 84 90 Wind dir NE NE NE E NE NE E E E S SW S S S E SE SE E NE Wind spd 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 Clouds FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 30 40 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF Heat index 90 90 92 95 95 Max heat 86 91 87 93 96 91 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 68 86 69 88 69 89 70 89 Temp 86 86 73 68 83 84 73 69 85 86 74 70 86 87 75 71 86 87 Dewpt 71 71 68 65 68 69 66 65 70 72 70 68 71 72 70 68 70 72 PWind dir E E SE E E E NE E NE Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 30 10 10 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S S S C S $$ KSZ020-210900- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 86 69 91 70 Temp 70 67 66 71 80 85 85 75 73 71 70 77 86 90 87 78 74 72 70 Dewpt 68 66 66 68 68 68 69 69 69 68 67 69 69 68 70 69 67 65 65 RH 93 97100 90 67 57 59 82 87 90 90 76 57 49 57 74 79 79 84 Wind dir NE NE NE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE E NE Wind spd 4 4 3 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 2 3 6 8 6 6 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 20 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C S S Tstms S S C C S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 93 Max heat 84 90 86 91 95 90 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 67 86 68 87 68 89 69 89 Temp 85 86 73 68 82 83 72 68 84 85 72 69 85 86 73 69 85 86 Dewpt 68 70 67 64 66 68 66 63 68 71 70 67 69 71 69 67 69 70 PWind dir E E SE E E E NE E NE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S $$ KSZ059-210900- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 89 67 92 70 Temp 72 69 67 76 83 87 85 75 72 69 68 79 87 91 89 78 75 72 70 Dewpt 70 69 67 70 69 68 69 70 68 67 66 70 68 68 70 69 68 67 66 RH 93100100 82 63 53 59 84 87 93 93 74 53 47 54 74 79 84 87 Wind dir NE NE N N N N NE E E SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE E Wind spd 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 Clouds CL FW B1 FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S Heat index 92 96 94 Max heat 88 93 86 93 97 90 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 92 68 91 70 92 70 93 71 93 Temp 88 88 73 68 85 87 74 70 87 89 75 71 88 90 76 71 89 89 Dewpt 69 68 68 66 66 66 66 65 68 70 69 67 70 69 69 67 68 68 PWind dir E E SE SE E E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 5 20 20 20 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ KSZ012-210900- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 1236 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 65 82 66 86 68 Temp 68 66 65 71 77 81 81 72 69 68 67 76 83 85 83 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 67 66 65 68 69 68 70 68 67 66 66 70 71 72 73 69 68 66 66 RH 97100100 90 76 65 69 87 93 93 97 82 67 65 72 82 87 87 93 Wind dir N N N SE E E SE SE S S S SW SW S SE SE SE S E Wind spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 0 5 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S Tstms S S S S S S Heat index 88 91 89 Max heat 85 88 92 84 Date 08/22 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 65 82 66 84 67 86 68 86 Temp 81 81 70 66 78 79 70 67 80 82 71 67 82 84 72 68 83 83 Dewpt 70 69 65 63 66 67 63 62 68 70 67 64 70 72 69 65 70 70 PWind dir E E SE E E E NE E NE Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 10 20 20 20 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S $$