Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
305 FOUS53 KTOP 181717 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 KSZ039-182100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 91 69 84 66 86 Temp 81 90 89 78 73 71 69 74 80 83 82 74 71 68 67 76 82 85 83 Dewpt 70 72 73 73 72 71 69 72 73 74 73 74 71 68 67 71 71 71 72 RH 69 56 59 85 97100100 93 79 74 74100100100100 85 69 63 70 Wind dir E SE E E NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 6 8 4 6 8 6 3 4 5 5 5 3 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 Clouds SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 70 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.12 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C L L S Tstms C C C S Heat index 97 97 89 87 90 88 Max heat 86 100 94 84 92 87 91 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 66 89 68 89 69 89 70 90 Temp 71 67 85 86 73 69 86 86 73 69 84 85 75 70 87 87 Dewpt 70 67 72 73 71 69 71 72 68 66 69 71 67 66 71 73 PWind dir E SW SE NE E SE SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S $$ KSZ040-182100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 69 83 66 85 Temp 81 88 88 78 73 71 69 74 79 82 81 73 71 69 67 76 82 84 82 Dewpt 70 72 73 73 72 71 69 72 73 74 74 73 71 69 67 71 71 71 73 RH 69 59 61 85 97100100 93 82 77 79100100100100 85 69 65 74 Wind dir NE SE E E NE NE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 10 6 3 5 6 6 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 Clouds SC FW SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 70 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.17 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C C L L C Tstms S C C C S Heat index 95 96 88 86 90 87 Max heat 86 98 94 85 90 87 91 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 88 68 88 68 88 70 90 Temp 70 67 85 85 72 69 85 85 73 69 83 84 74 70 86 86 Dewpt 70 67 72 74 71 68 71 72 68 66 69 71 67 66 71 74 PWind dir E SW SE NE E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S $$ KSZ054-182100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 70 86 66 88 Temp 87 95 94 82 77 72 70 75 81 84 84 75 72 69 67 75 83 87 86 Dewpt 68 69 70 69 68 69 70 71 72 72 72 72 72 69 67 71 71 70 70 RH 53 43 46 65 74 90100 87 74 67 67 90100100100 87 67 57 59 Wind dir SE S SE SE E E NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 11 6 9 8 10 9 8 6 6 6 8 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 Clouds FW CL CL B1 SC SC B2 B2 SC SC CL SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL PoP 12hr 0 10 40 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C S Heat index 100 99 89 89 88 92 91 Max heat 91 103 96 85 91 86 89 94 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 66 92 69 93 70 94 72 95 Temp 72 67 87 90 74 69 88 91 75 70 87 91 77 72 90 92 Dewpt 69 67 69 69 69 67 68 68 66 64 67 67 65 64 68 70 PWind dir E SE SE E E SE SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 10 20 20 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S $$ KSZ022-182100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 69 84 66 84 Temp 81 91 90 79 74 71 70 73 80 83 82 74 71 68 67 73 81 84 83 Dewpt 70 73 73 72 71 71 70 71 72 73 73 72 71 68 67 71 71 72 72 RH 69 56 58 79 90100100 93 77 72 74 93100100100 93 72 67 70 Wind dir E S E NE NE NE E NE NE NE E NE NE E NE NE NE NE E Wind spd 10 8 5 9 8 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 Clouds FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0.01 0.02 0 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C C C S Heat index 99 98 88 87 90 88 Max heat 85 101 95 84 91 84 86 91 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 88 68 88 69 88 70 89 Temp 72 67 85 86 74 69 85 86 75 70 85 86 76 71 86 87 Dewpt 69 67 71 73 69 67 70 71 66 65 68 70 66 65 70 72 PWind dir SE S SE E E SE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 10 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ KSZ020-182100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 92 69 83 65 85 Temp 82 91 88 77 73 70 69 72 79 81 82 72 69 67 66 73 82 85 83 Dewpt 69 70 72 73 71 70 69 70 70 69 70 71 69 67 66 70 69 68 69 RH 65 50 59 87 93100100 93 74 67 67 97100100100 90 65 57 63 Wind dir SE SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE E E E E E E Wind spd 13 6 11 12 10 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 3 5 Clouds FW SC SC B2 B1 OV OV SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 50 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.10 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C C S Heat index 97 95 Max heat 85 99 94 87 86 90 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 67 89 68 89 69 89 70 89 Temp 72 67 85 85 73 68 85 86 74 70 85 86 74 70 85 86 Dewpt 68 66 69 70 69 66 67 69 66 63 66 69 66 65 68 70 PWind dir SE S SE E E SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 30 20 20 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S C S S S S S Tstms S C S S S $$ KSZ059-182100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 70 86 67 88 Temp 87 93 92 82 78 72 70 76 81 84 83 75 72 69 67 75 83 87 85 Dewpt 68 68 70 70 68 68 68 70 70 72 71 72 71 69 67 70 69 68 69 RH 53 44 49 67 71 87 93 82 69 67 67 90 97100100 84 63 53 59 Wind dir NE SE SE E NE NE E E E N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 8 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 30 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C S S S S S Tstms C S S S S Heat index 98 90 88 Max heat 91 101 95 85 91 86 88 92 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 92 68 93 69 93 71 96 Temp 71 66 87 89 73 69 88 90 75 70 87 89 77 72 91 92 Dewpt 68 66 68 68 68 67 67 67 66 64 65 66 64 64 66 68 PWind dir E SE SE E E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 10 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ KSZ012-182100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 1217 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 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 86 66 81 64 82 Temp 77 85 84 74 71 69 67 72 76 79 78 71 68 66 65 73 79 82 80 Dewpt 69 71 71 70 70 68 67 70 71 71 70 69 68 66 65 69 69 68 68 RH 76 63 65 87 97 97100 93 85 77 76 93100100100 87 72 63 67 Wind dir S S NE E NE E NE N NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE E E Wind spd 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 OV OV SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 90 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.05 1.17 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C S C D C S Tstms C S C C S S Heat index 90 89 Max heat 91 85 85 85 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 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 65 86 66 85 65 83 67 85 Temp 70 66 82 83 71 67 82 82 70 67 79 81 71 67 82 83 Dewpt 66 65 70 71 68 66 69 68 65 62 67 68 64 63 70 71 PWind dir SE SW SW N E SE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 30 20 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C S S S S S S Tstms S S S S $$