Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
943 FOUS53 KTOP 182122 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 KSZ039-190900- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 84 66 87 67 Temp 89 78 74 71 70 76 80 83 82 74 71 68 67 76 83 86 84 75 72 69 67 Dewpt 73 73 72 71 70 72 72 73 73 74 71 68 67 71 71 71 72 72 71 69 67 RH 59 85 93100100 87 77 72 74100100100100 85 67 61 67 90 97100100 Wind dir E NE NE NE NE E NE N NE NE NE E NE E NE NE E SE SE S S Wind spd 4 8 8 5 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC CL FW CL FW SC FW SC PoP 12hr 70 30 20 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C C C S Heat index 97 89 87 88 92 90 Max heat 98 94 86 91 84 89 92 86 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 68 89 68 88 71 91 71 91 Temp 86 86 74 69 86 86 74 69 84 85 75 71 87 87 75 71 87 87 Dewpt 71 73 71 68 70 72 68 66 69 70 66 65 70 72 69 68 71 72 PWind dir W E E E SE SE E NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S $$ KSZ040-190900- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 70 83 66 86 67 Temp 89 78 74 71 71 75 79 82 81 73 71 68 67 76 83 85 83 74 71 69 67 Dewpt 74 73 72 71 71 72 73 74 74 73 71 68 67 71 71 72 72 72 70 69 67 RH 61 85 93100100 90 82 77 79100100100100 85 67 65 70 93 97100100 Wind dir SE NE NE NE E NE NE N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE S S Wind spd 3 6 8 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC PoP 12hr 70 40 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.11 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L C C S Tstms S C C C S Heat index 97 88 86 90 89 Max heat 98 94 84 90 83 88 92 86 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 68 88 68 87 70 90 71 90 Temp 86 86 73 69 86 85 73 69 83 84 75 71 87 87 75 71 86 87 Dewpt 71 74 70 68 70 72 68 65 69 70 66 65 70 73 69 68 71 72 PWind dir W E NE E SE SE E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 10 20 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S $$ KSZ054-190900- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 85 66 89 67 Temp 94 82 77 72 71 76 80 84 83 75 71 69 67 76 85 89 87 76 72 69 67 Dewpt 70 70 69 69 70 71 72 72 72 72 71 69 67 71 71 70 69 69 70 69 67 RH 46 67 76 90 97 85 77 67 70 90100100100 85 63 54 55 79 93100100 Wind dir SE E E NE NE E NE N NE NE E NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 6 9 8 10 9 8 8 6 5 6 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 Clouds CL B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL SC SC B1 SC CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 10 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 100 90 89 90 Max heat 101 97 85 91 87 90 94 88 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 69 92 69 92 72 95 71 93 Temp 88 89 74 69 88 90 75 70 87 90 78 73 91 92 77 72 89 91 Dewpt 69 69 69 67 69 69 67 66 68 67 64 63 67 69 68 67 69 68 PWind dir SE SE E E SE SE E NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 5 10 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S $$ KSZ022-190900- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 70 84 65 86 67 Temp 90 79 75 72 71 74 80 83 82 75 71 68 66 74 83 86 84 76 72 69 68 Dewpt 74 72 71 71 70 71 72 73 73 72 71 68 66 71 71 72 71 71 69 68 68 RH 60 79 87 97 97 90 77 72 74 90100100100 90 67 63 65 85 90 97100 Wind dir E NE NE NE NE E N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E SE SE S S Wind spd 5 10 8 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW CL SC SC B1 B1 FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 20 0 10 QPF 12hr 0.15 0.02 0.18 0 0 Rain shwrs C C C C Tstms C C C S Heat index 99 89 88 88 92 89 Max heat 100 96 85 90 86 88 92 87 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 69 88 69 89 71 90 71 90 Temp 86 87 75 69 86 86 75 70 84 87 77 72 87 88 76 71 86 88 Dewpt 70 72 69 67 70 71 67 65 68 69 65 64 69 71 68 67 70 71 PWind dir S E E E SE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 5 20 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S $$ KSZ020-190900- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 83 64 87 68 Temp 87 77 73 70 70 73 80 82 82 73 69 66 64 73 83 86 85 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 72 73 72 70 69 70 70 69 70 71 69 66 64 70 69 68 69 70 69 67 67 RH 61 87 97100 97 90 72 65 67 93100100100 90 63 55 59 84 90 90 97 Wind dir NE E NE NE W N N NE NE E E E SE SE S SE SE E SE S S Wind spd 12 12 9 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 3 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 Clouds SC SC B1 OV OV B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 30 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.10 0.01 0.03 0 0.01 Rain shwrs S C L C C S S S S Tstms S C C S S S S S S Heat index 93 Max heat 95 93 82 87 84 87 91 86 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 69 89 69 90 70 90 70 90 Temp 86 87 74 69 85 86 74 70 84 88 75 71 86 87 74 70 85 87 Dewpt 68 69 68 66 68 69 66 63 65 68 65 63 67 70 68 66 68 70 PWind dir S E E E SE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S S $$ KSZ059-190900- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 86 66 89 66 Temp 91 82 77 73 71 77 80 83 83 75 71 69 67 76 85 88 86 75 72 68 67 Dewpt 71 70 69 68 68 70 71 72 72 72 71 69 67 70 69 68 68 70 69 68 67 RH 52 67 76 84 90 79 74 70 70 90100100100 82 59 52 55 84 90100100 Wind dir SE E E NE E E NE N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE Wind spd 5 6 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 Clouds CL SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 30 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S C S S Heat index 98 88 88 93 Max heat 99 96 85 91 86 90 94 87 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 92 68 92 69 92 72 96 72 95 Temp 88 89 74 69 88 89 75 70 86 89 77 72 91 92 77 72 90 91 Dewpt 68 68 68 67 67 68 67 65 66 66 64 63 66 67 67 66 67 67 PWind dir S SE E E SE SE SE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 10 5 20 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S $$ KSZ012-190900- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 421 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 67 81 62 83 65 Temp 83 73 72 69 68 72 76 80 78 71 67 65 63 72 79 82 81 73 70 68 66 Dewpt 71 70 70 69 68 70 71 71 70 68 67 65 63 69 70 70 70 68 67 66 65 RH 67 90 93100100 93 85 74 76 90100100100 90 74 67 69 84 90 93 97 Wind dir E E E E N E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE S S S Wind spd 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 Clouds FW B1 OV B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 90 50 20 0 10 QPF 12hr 1.30 0.06 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C D C S S S S S Tstms C C C S S S S S Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 66 85 65 83 68 86 68 86 Temp 82 83 72 67 81 82 71 66 78 80 72 68 82 83 73 68 82 84 Dewpt 71 72 67 65 69 69 63 62 66 67 62 61 69 70 66 65 70 71 PWind dir W E NE E SE SE E NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 30 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S C S S S Tstms S S S C S S S $$