Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
569 FOUS53 KTOP 161827 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 KSZ039-162100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 70 91 70 92 Temp 87 84 77 74 72 70 78 86 90 85 77 75 72 72 81 89 91 86 Dewpt 75 76 74 72 71 70 72 73 73 74 74 73 71 70 73 73 72 72 RH 68 77 90 93 97100 82 65 58 70 90 94 97 93 77 59 54 63 Wind dir S E E SE S E SW S SE E SE SE SE S S S S S Wind spd 6 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 6 11 11 8 Clouds FW CL FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW SC PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis PF PF Heat index 96 93 93 98 93 97 99 92 Max heat 90 99 87 94 100 90 98 100 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 91 67 77 63 73 59 74 Temp 77 72 87 81 70 67 75 72 66 64 71 69 63 61 71 69 Dewpt 68 67 72 74 70 67 71 71 66 64 69 68 63 61 68 67 PWind dir S SW N N N N NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 70 70 70 30 10 20 Rain shwrs S S C L L L C L C C S S Tstms S S C C C C C C $$ KSZ040-162100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 70 90 70 91 Temp 88 85 77 74 72 70 79 86 90 85 77 75 72 71 80 89 91 85 Dewpt 75 76 74 72 70 70 73 74 73 75 75 72 71 70 73 73 72 73 RH 66 75 90 93 93100 82 68 58 72 94 90 97 97 79 59 54 67 Wind dir S E E SE S SE SW SW S E SE SE SE S S S S S Wind spd 5 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 9 10 5 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC PoP 12hr 5 5 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 98 94 93 98 93 97 99 92 Max heat 90 100 89 95 100 89 98 100 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 91 67 78 63 73 60 73 Temp 77 72 87 82 70 67 75 72 67 65 72 69 64 61 71 69 Dewpt 68 66 72 74 70 67 71 71 67 65 70 68 64 61 68 68 PWind dir S SW NW N N N NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 30 70 70 70 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C L L L C L L C S S Tstms C C C C C C C $$ KSZ054-162100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 71 94 71 94 Temp 92 86 79 75 73 71 82 90 93 88 78 75 73 71 83 91 93 89 Dewpt 71 72 72 71 70 68 71 70 68 70 70 69 68 67 70 69 68 68 RH 51 63 79 87 90 90 69 52 44 55 76 82 84 87 65 49 44 50 Wind dir S S SE S S S SW SW S SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 10 13 13 10 Clouds CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 99 92 96 93 96 Max heat 94 100 89 97 99 88 97 99 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 95 68 81 63 75 59 74 Temp 78 73 92 86 71 68 78 75 67 65 73 70 63 61 72 70 Dewpt 66 64 68 70 69 66 68 71 67 65 68 68 63 61 67 67 PWind dir S SW N NE N N NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 80 80 70 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C L D D C L L C S S S S Tstms S C C C C C C S S $$ KSZ022-162100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 69 90 72 91 Temp 84 82 75 73 72 70 77 86 90 86 79 76 75 73 81 88 91 86 Dewpt 73 74 72 71 70 69 72 72 71 73 73 70 69 68 71 72 71 71 RH 70 77 90 93 93 97 85 63 54 65 82 82 82 84 72 59 52 61 Wind dir S NW NE E SE E SE SE SE E SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 8 6 6 5 5 5 9 12 12 8 Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW CL SC FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Obvis PF PF Heat index 90 88 93 96 93 95 97 91 Max heat 94 94 98 89 96 98 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 88 67 75 63 74 60 75 Temp 79 73 85 79 69 67 74 71 66 64 72 69 63 61 72 69 Dewpt 67 66 71 73 69 67 70 70 66 64 67 67 63 61 67 67 PWind dir S SW NE NE N N E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 50 80 70 60 30 10 20 Rain shwrs S S C D D L L L C C S Tstms S S C C C C C C $$ KSZ020-162100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 74 68 89 72 91 Temp 72 73 71 70 69 69 74 84 89 83 77 75 75 74 79 88 91 86 Dewpt 69 70 69 68 68 68 69 71 69 71 72 69 67 66 69 70 68 70 RH 90 90 93 93 97 97 84 65 52 67 85 82 76 76 72 55 47 59 Wind dir SE N NE E E E E SE SE E SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 9 10 11 12 12 14 18 18 12 Wind gust 21 23 23 25 28 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 10 20 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 89 88 93 96 91 Max heat 89 94 86 94 96 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 85 65 72 62 72 59 73 Temp 76 72 82 75 68 66 70 68 64 62 71 68 62 60 71 69 Dewpt 67 66 69 71 68 65 67 67 64 62 64 65 62 60 64 65 PWind dir S NW NE NE N N E SE Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 70 60 40 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C S C L L L C C S S S Tstms S S C C C S S S $$ KSZ059-162100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 72 94 71 95 Temp 93 87 78 77 74 72 83 91 93 87 78 75 72 71 83 92 94 88 Dewpt 70 70 69 69 68 68 71 71 69 71 70 69 68 67 69 68 67 68 RH 47 57 74 76 82 87 67 52 46 59 76 82 87 87 63 46 41 52 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW S SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 9 4 5 5 6 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 3 6 10 11 6 Clouds CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 99 92 97 98 92 Max heat 95 99 88 98 99 88 97 99 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 96 68 83 64 76 59 76 Temp 78 73 92 87 72 68 80 75 67 65 74 70 63 61 73 69 Dewpt 65 63 66 68 67 66 67 69 67 65 67 66 63 61 65 65 PWind dir S SW W NW N N NE NE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 70 60 70 40 20 10 Rain shwrs S S L L L C L L C S S S Tstms S S C S S C C S $$ KSZ012-162100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 126 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 66 85 69 87 Temp 76 75 72 70 69 67 74 81 85 82 74 72 71 70 77 85 87 82 Dewpt 73 73 71 69 68 67 71 73 73 74 72 70 68 67 71 73 73 72 RH 90 94 97 97 97100 90 77 67 77 93 93 90 90 82 67 63 72 Wind dir SE E E E SW NE NE E E E E E SE S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 8 10 11 8 Clouds B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 20 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.05 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 86 92 88 91 94 87 Max heat 87 93 92 95 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 83 64 72 61 71 58 71 Temp 75 70 80 74 65 65 70 67 63 62 68 65 59 58 69 66 Dewpt 65 64 71 72 65 64 67 66 63 62 64 64 59 58 63 63 PWind dir S SW N N N N NE E Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW B1 B1 B1 SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 30 70 60 60 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C L C C S S Tstms C C C C C C S C $$