Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
894 FOUS53 KTOP 160742 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 KSZ039-170900- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 69 87 69 90 70 Temp 72 71 74 79 86 83 75 72 71 69 78 85 88 84 76 74 72 70 Dewpt 69 68 70 73 74 75 75 72 70 69 74 75 75 76 74 72 70 69 RH 90 90 87 82 68 77100100 97100 88 72 66 77 94 93 93 97 Wind dir E E E SE S E E S S SE SW S SE E SE SE S S Wind spd 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 40 5 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.57 0.33 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 94 90 93 98 92 Max heat 96 87 94 100 87 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 91 72 89 66 77 61 73 59 74 Temp 88 85 77 72 85 80 69 67 73 71 65 63 69 68 62 60 69 68 Dewpt 73 72 68 67 72 73 69 67 71 70 65 63 68 67 62 60 67 67 PWind dir S S SW NE N N N NE E Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 30 40 80 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C L D L C C C C S S Tstms C S C C C C C S S S $$ KSZ040-170900- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 87 69 90 70 Temp 72 71 74 80 87 83 75 73 72 70 78 85 88 83 76 74 72 70 Dewpt 68 68 71 72 74 76 75 72 71 70 73 75 75 77 74 72 70 70 RH 87 90 90 77 65 80100 97 97100 85 72 66 82 94 93 93100 Wind dir E E E SE S E E S S S SW S S E SE SE S S Wind spd 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Clouds OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 50 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.50 0.30 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 95 90 93 98 93 Max heat 87 97 87 94 100 87 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 71 90 66 78 62 73 59 74 Temp 88 84 76 71 85 80 70 67 74 72 66 64 70 68 63 61 69 68 Dewpt 73 73 68 67 72 74 69 67 71 70 66 64 68 67 62 61 68 67 PWind dir S S SW NE NE N N NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 20 40 80 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L D L C C C C S S S Tstms S S C C C S C S S S $$ KSZ054-170900- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 70 92 71 94 71 Temp 71 70 75 84 89 86 77 74 73 71 82 90 92 87 78 75 73 71 Dewpt 70 69 70 73 74 72 71 69 68 67 71 71 70 71 69 69 67 67 RH 97 97 84 70 61 63 82 84 84 87 69 54 49 59 74 82 81 87 Wind dir E E E SE S S S S S S SW SW S SE SE S S S Wind spd 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 Clouds B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 10 5 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.12 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms S Heat index 91 98 93 96 98 93 Max heat 92 100 90 98 100 89 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 94 73 94 67 82 62 76 59 77 Temp 91 88 77 73 90 84 71 67 76 75 66 63 72 70 63 60 72 71 Dewpt 69 68 66 65 69 70 69 66 69 69 66 63 66 66 63 60 65 65 PWind dir S S SW SE NW N NE NE E Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 40 80 70 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C D D L C C C C S S S S Tstms C C S C C S S S $$ KSZ022-170900- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 84 69 88 71 Temp 67 67 70 77 83 80 73 72 71 69 77 85 88 82 77 75 73 72 Dewpt 66 67 69 72 73 75 73 71 70 68 72 74 74 75 72 70 68 67 RH 97100 97 85 72 85100 97 97 97 85 70 63 79 85 84 84 84 Wind dir NE NE E SE S NE E SE S S SE S SE E SE SE S S Wind spd 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 50 5 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.52 0.27 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L C Tstms C S Heat index 89 92 97 89 Max heat 90 93 98 85 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 72 86 65 75 61 72 59 73 Temp 87 84 78 72 83 79 69 67 72 70 65 63 70 68 62 61 70 69 Dewpt 72 71 67 66 71 73 69 66 69 69 64 62 66 66 62 61 66 66 PWind dir S S SW NE N N N E E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 20 40 80 60 40 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L D L C C C S S S S Tstms S S S C S C C S S $$ KSZ020-170900- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 60 77 68 88 72 Temp 60 61 63 68 72 72 71 70 69 68 73 82 86 82 75 74 74 72 Dewpt 60 61 63 68 69 72 71 70 69 68 70 71 71 73 72 69 67 66 RH 100100100100 90100100100100100 90 69 61 74 90 84 79 81 Wind dir NE E E S S NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE S S S Wind spd 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 9 10 9 10 11 12 12 Wind gust 23 23 Clouds B2 OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 80 60 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.53 0.18 0 0 0 Rain shwrs D L S Tstms C S S Heat index 92 87 Max heat 87 94 85 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 90 70 83 64 74 60 72 59 73 Temp 87 84 75 70 80 75 67 64 70 68 63 60 69 67 61 59 70 67 Dewpt 70 71 67 65 69 71 67 64 66 66 62 60 64 64 61 59 64 64 PWind dir S S NW NE N NE NE E SE Wind char BZ GN LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 5 30 20 70 50 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C S S L L C C C S S S S Tstms C S S C C S S S S $$ KSZ059-170900- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 94 72 95 71 Temp 71 71 78 88 92 87 78 76 74 72 82 91 93 86 78 75 73 71 Dewpt 70 69 71 70 68 71 69 68 67 67 70 70 69 70 69 69 68 67 RH 97 93 79 55 46 59 74 76 79 84 67 50 46 59 74 82 84 87 Wind dir E E E S S S S S S SW SW SW S SE SE SE S S Wind spd 5 4 5 5 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 Clouds B2 B2 SC FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 10 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.12 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 93 97 93 87 97 98 91 Max heat 96 99 89 97 100 88 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 73 95 68 84 62 77 59 77 Temp 91 87 77 73 90 85 71 68 78 75 66 64 71 70 62 61 71 70 Dewpt 69 68 65 64 67 69 67 66 67 68 66 64 65 65 62 61 64 64 PWind dir S S SW SW SW N N NE E Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 30 70 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C L L L C C C C C S S Tstms S C C S S C S $$ KSZ012-170900- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 241 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 62 79 66 83 68 Temp 64 64 67 72 78 77 70 69 68 66 73 80 83 79 73 71 70 69 Dewpt 64 64 67 71 73 74 70 69 67 66 71 73 75 75 72 70 68 66 RH 100100100 97 85 90100100 97100 93 79 77 88 97 97 93 90 Wind dir NE E E SE SE E E SE SW NE E E SE E SE SE SE S Wind spd 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 Clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 90 90 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 1.02 0.63 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs D D C S Tstms C C S S Heat index 90 Max heat 85 90 Flood A A A Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 69 81 63 71 60 69 57 70 Temp 83 80 74 69 78 75 66 64 69 67 62 60 67 65 59 57 68 66 Dewpt 73 72 65 64 70 71 66 63 66 66 62 59 62 62 59 57 62 63 PWind dir S S SW N N N N NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 50 40 70 60 40 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C C C C S S S Tstms C S C C C C C S S $$