Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
155 FOUS53 KTOP 181826 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 KSZ039-182100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 95 73 96 66 79 Temp 93 88 80 79 76 74 80 91 95 86 74 71 69 67 70 75 78 72 Dewpt 71 71 69 66 65 64 68 70 70 71 72 71 69 67 70 71 72 70 RH 49 57 69 64 69 71 67 50 45 61 93100100100100 87 82 93 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW SW E SW N N N N N N N Wind spd 10 6 8 8 9 8 9 11 10 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 6 8 Wind gust 18 19 18 19 Clouds SC B1 FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 20 70 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.75 0.04 Rain shwrs S C L C C C C L L C Tstms S C C C S S S S Heat index 100 93 96101 91 Max heat 101 102 90 98 103 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 62 71 55 68 51 71 55 73 Temp 66 63 68 66 60 56 65 63 57 53 67 65 59 56 71 67 Dewpt 66 63 67 64 60 56 62 60 57 53 61 61 59 56 64 64 PWind dir N N NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 5 5 0 0 5 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S Tstms S $$ KSZ040-182100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 73 95 67 80 Temp 93 87 80 78 75 73 80 90 94 85 75 72 69 68 70 76 79 73 Dewpt 70 71 70 66 65 64 68 70 70 71 71 70 69 68 70 72 72 71 RH 47 59 72 67 71 73 67 52 46 63 87 93100100100 87 79 93 Wind dir SW S S S S S SW SW SW S W N NE N N N N N Wind spd 8 4 6 6 8 6 8 10 9 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 Wind gust 18 18 Clouds B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 20 70 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.44 0.02 Rain shwrs S C L L L C C L L L Tstms S C C C S S S S Heat index 100 93 95101 91 Max heat 100 101 88 96 103 84 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 71 55 68 50 71 54 73 Temp 67 63 68 65 60 57 65 63 56 53 68 65 58 56 71 67 Dewpt 67 63 67 64 60 57 62 61 56 53 60 61 58 56 64 64 PWind dir NE N N NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 60 20 5 5 0 0 5 20 Rain shwrs L C S S Tstms S $$ KSZ054-182100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 96 74 98 68 84 Temp 94 89 81 79 76 75 84 94 96 88 77 73 70 69 73 79 82 75 Dewpt 66 67 66 64 63 62 65 66 66 67 68 68 68 67 69 69 70 70 RH 40 48 60 60 64 64 53 40 38 50 74 84 93 93 87 72 67 84 Wind dir S S S S S S S SW S S S SW NE NE E NE NE N Wind spd 13 9 10 11 12 11 13 16 13 9 8 5 4 3 4 4 5 8 Wind gust 21 24 Clouds B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 10 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.56 0.04 Rain shwrs C L L C C C L L L Tstms C C C S S S S S C Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 63 75 55 71 51 74 56 76 Temp 67 64 72 68 61 57 68 65 57 53 70 69 59 58 73 70 Dewpt 67 64 66 64 61 57 61 60 57 53 59 60 59 58 62 63 PWind dir N N NE NE NE E E E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 SC FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 60 20 0 5 0 5 20 30 Rain shwrs L C S S C S Tstms C S $$ KSZ022-182100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 75 94 66 75 Temp 93 88 82 81 78 76 81 91 94 84 74 70 68 67 68 72 74 70 Dewpt 68 68 66 64 64 63 66 68 68 71 71 70 68 67 68 69 69 69 RH 44 52 58 56 62 64 60 47 43 65 90100100100100 90 84 97 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW W N E N NE NE NE NE NE N Wind spd 12 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 8 6 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 Wind gust 20 19 19 Clouds B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC OV B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 50 70 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.14 0.51 0.04 Rain shwrs S C L C C C C C C C Tstms S C C C S S S S Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 70 55 67 52 70 57 72 Temp 65 63 67 66 60 57 65 64 57 54 68 66 60 59 70 67 Dewpt 65 63 65 64 60 57 60 60 57 54 60 61 60 59 65 65 PWind dir N N NE NE E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 0 5 0 5 20 30 Rain shwrs C S S S C Tstms S $$ KSZ020-182100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 96 74 90 64 72 Temp 94 89 82 80 77 74 78 86 88 79 70 68 66 65 64 67 70 66 Dewpt 65 65 65 64 63 63 66 67 67 70 70 68 66 65 64 65 66 65 RH 39 45 56 58 62 69 67 53 50 74100100100100100 93 87 97 Wind dir S S S S SW S S N N N NE NE N N NE NE N NE Wind spd 17 12 16 14 13 9 9 9 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 Wind gust 27 23 26 25 24 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC B1 FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 40 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.10 0.09 Rain shwrs S C S C S C C C C S Tstms S C S S S Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 61 69 55 67 54 70 59 70 Temp 63 61 65 65 59 56 63 63 57 55 65 64 60 60 67 65 Dewpt 63 61 61 62 58 56 58 60 56 55 59 62 60 60 63 65 PWind dir N N NE E E SE SE SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 0 5 0 10 30 40 Rain shwrs S C C S $$ KSZ059-182100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 96 74 98 69 86 Temp 95 88 81 79 76 74 83 94 96 89 78 74 71 69 73 80 85 77 Dewpt 67 67 66 64 63 62 64 64 63 64 65 65 65 66 68 67 68 69 RH 40 50 60 60 64 66 53 37 34 44 64 74 81 90 84 65 57 76 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW S S W SW N S S W S N Wind spd 10 6 8 8 9 10 12 13 12 8 8 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 Wind gust 19 20 20 23 18 Clouds SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 10 50 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.36 0.02 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C L Tstms C C C S S S S C Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 75 56 72 51 74 55 75 Temp 67 64 72 69 61 58 69 66 56 53 70 68 58 56 72 69 Dewpt 67 64 65 63 61 58 59 59 56 53 57 58 57 56 60 61 PWind dir N N N NE NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 30 5 5 0 0 5 20 Rain shwrs L C C S S Tstms C S S $$ KSZ012-182100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 90 71 87 64 72 Temp 89 84 77 76 74 72 76 83 87 79 70 68 66 65 66 68 71 66 Dewpt 71 71 67 64 63 63 67 69 70 71 70 68 66 64 65 66 66 65 RH 56 65 71 66 69 73 74 63 57 77100100100 97 97 93 84 97 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW NW N N N N N N N N NE Wind spd 10 6 8 9 10 8 8 8 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 Wind gust 19 20 Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 30 40 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.02 0.69 0.10 Rain shwrs S C S C L C L C C L L C Tstms S C S C C C S S S Heat index 95 89 92 Max heat 95 96 87 93 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 59 65 53 63 49 66 53 68 Temp 62 60 62 61 55 55 60 59 52 50 63 62 55 55 66 63 Dewpt 62 60 61 59 55 54 56 56 52 50 55 57 54 54 60 60 PWind dir NE N NE NE E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 30 5 5 0 5 10 30 Rain shwrs C C C C S $$