Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
489 FOUS53 KTOP 150742 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 KSZ039-160900- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 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 76 95 72 87 68 Temp 78 77 84 92 95 93 82 79 75 72 79 84 86 82 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 72 71 74 74 75 76 75 74 73 72 75 75 75 74 73 72 70 68 RH 82 82 72 56 53 58 79 85 94100 88 74 70 77 94100100100 Wind dir SW SW SW S SW S E NE NE N N N N N N NE NE NE Wind spd 4 3 5 6 9 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 3 3 2 1 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 40 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0 Rain shwrs C C C C S Tstms C C C C Heat index 92102107106 89 91 95 88 Max heat 84 105 109 102 92 96 86 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 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 68 93 73 87 66 84 65 86 Temp 82 83 72 69 89 90 78 73 84 83 71 67 80 81 70 66 83 83 Dewpt 70 70 69 68 72 73 69 69 71 72 69 66 68 69 66 64 68 70 PWind dir E SE S SE N NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 5 5 30 10 30 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S Tstms C C C S $$ KSZ040-160900- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 77 95 73 87 68 Temp 77 77 84 90 95 92 81 78 75 73 79 83 85 82 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 72 70 73 75 76 77 74 73 73 73 75 75 76 75 73 71 70 68 RH 85 79 70 62 54 62 79 85 94100 88 77 75 79 94 97100100 Wind dir S S SW SW SW SW NE E NE N N N N N N NE NE NE Wind spd 4 4 5 6 8 3 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 3 2 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 30 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C C C S Heat index 91101108106 87 91 95 88 Max heat 102 109 102 93 97 87 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 68 92 73 87 66 83 65 85 Temp 81 82 72 69 87 90 78 73 84 82 71 67 80 80 69 66 82 82 Dewpt 69 71 68 68 72 74 69 69 71 72 69 66 68 69 66 64 68 71 PWind dir E SE S S N NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 5 5 30 10 30 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C S S Tstms S C C S S $$ KSZ054-160900- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 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 77 99 74 89 68 Temp 79 77 86 95 99 95 83 81 77 74 80 86 88 84 77 73 70 69 Dewpt 68 67 70 70 70 70 69 70 70 71 73 74 74 73 73 72 70 69 RH 69 71 59 45 39 45 63 69 79 90 79 68 63 70 87 97100100 Wind dir S S SW S S S S S NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE Wind spd 8 6 9 12 13 8 8 6 6 5 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 3 Clouds FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 20 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 91102106102 94 96 91 Max heat 85 103 107 98 83 95 98 88 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 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 86 69 95 73 90 67 87 67 88 Temp 82 85 73 70 90 93 80 74 87 86 72 68 83 85 71 67 85 86 Dewpt 71 70 69 69 71 69 66 66 69 69 69 67 68 67 66 64 67 68 PWind dir E SE S SW N NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 20 20 10 20 20 40 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S C S Tstms S S S S S S C S $$ KSZ022-160900- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 75 94 71 84 67 Temp 77 75 82 90 94 91 80 78 74 72 77 81 83 82 76 72 69 67 Dewpt 72 71 74 74 75 75 74 74 73 72 73 73 74 73 72 70 69 67 RH 85 87 77 60 54 60 82 88 97100 87 77 74 74 87 93100100 Wind dir SW SW S SW SW E NE NE N N N N N NE NE NE NE E Wind spd 3 3 5 6 8 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 60 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.15 0.01 0 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C Tstms S S C C C S Heat index 87 99105102 86 90 87 Max heat 101 106 98 87 92 86 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 84 69 92 72 85 66 83 66 86 Temp 80 84 74 70 89 90 79 72 83 83 71 66 80 81 71 66 83 84 Dewpt 70 71 69 68 72 72 68 68 70 70 68 66 67 68 65 64 68 69 PWind dir E SE S E NE NE NE E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 10 10 30 10 30 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S Tstms S C C S S $$ KSZ020-160900- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 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 72 92 69 83 65 Temp 74 72 80 89 92 89 78 75 73 71 74 79 81 80 73 70 67 65 Dewpt 73 72 73 73 73 73 75 74 72 71 70 70 70 70 70 69 67 65 RH 97100 79 59 54 59 91 97 97100 87 74 69 72 90 97100100 Wind dir W W S SW SW N NE N NW N N N NE NE NE NE E E Wind spd 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 5 6 9 9 9 8 4 3 2 1 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 20 80 50 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0.32 0.03 0 Rain shwrs C S S S L L C S Tstms C S S S C C S Heat index 97101 98 Max heat 98 102 95 83 86 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 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 84 68 93 70 83 64 81 65 85 Temp 80 83 72 69 88 90 75 70 81 80 68 64 78 79 69 65 82 82 Dewpt 68 69 69 67 70 70 69 67 67 67 67 64 65 67 65 63 66 68 PWind dir SE S S NE NE NE E SE SE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 5 30 10 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$ KSZ059-160900- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 78 98 76 92 69 Temp 79 78 86 94 98 94 87 82 79 76 82 89 91 86 77 75 71 69 Dewpt 67 66 68 70 69 70 69 69 69 70 72 72 72 72 73 72 71 69 RH 67 67 55 46 39 46 55 65 72 82 72 57 54 63 87 90100100 Wind dir S SW SW SW SW S S S SW N N N N N N NE NE NE Wind spd 8 8 10 10 11 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 8 5 4 3 3 Wind gust 18 17 Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 10 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Heat index 100104100 87 97 99 92 Max heat 85 100 104 99 85 98 101 89 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 69 96 75 92 68 87 67 89 Temp 84 85 73 70 91 93 81 75 89 87 73 68 83 85 71 67 85 86 Dewpt 68 67 68 67 69 68 66 65 68 68 68 66 66 65 65 63 65 66 PWind dir NE E S SW N NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 5 20 10 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C S S S Tstms S S C S S $$ KSZ012-160900- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 242 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 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 74 91 70 82 64 Temp 74 74 81 87 91 88 79 75 73 71 75 79 81 79 72 69 66 65 Dewpt 72 71 75 75 75 76 74 73 71 70 72 73 72 71 68 67 65 64 RH 93 90 82 68 60 68 85 94 93 97 90 82 74 77 87 93 97 97 Wind dir SE SW SW SW SW N NE NE N NW N N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 8 8 6 5 4 2 2 1 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 30 20 70 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.01 0.27 0.05 0 Rain shwrs S S C L C L C C Tstms S C C C C S Heat index 88 96102 99 86 Max heat 99 103 95 87 Date 08/17 Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 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 82 66 89 69 81 63 79 63 82 Temp 78 80 70 67 84 86 74 69 79 78 68 64 75 76 67 63 78 79 Dewpt 66 67 64 65 71 71 68 66 69 68 65 62 64 66 62 61 66 68 PWind dir SE S S NE N NE NE E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 5 10 50 10 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S $$