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Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
442 FOUS53 KTOP 181047 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 546 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 KSZ039-182100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 546 AM 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 95 66 78 Temp 73 84 93 94 89 82 80 77 74 82 93 94 85 77 72 69 67 71 75 77 73 Dewpt 71 72 73 72 72 70 68 66 66 69 71 71 71 72 71 69 67 70 72 72 71 RH 93 67 52 49 57 67 67 69 76 65 49 47 63 85 97100100 97 90 85 93 Wind dir SE S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW E N NE NE N N N N N Wind spd 4 8 11 11 6 8 8 8 6 8 10 10 6 4 2 2 3 3 4 6 6 Wind gust 19 18 19 Clouds FW CL CL SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 30 90 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.29 0.07 Rain shwrs S D D D D C C L L C Tstms S C C C S S S S C C Heat index 91102102 96 100101 91 Max heat 103 105 93 83 101 104 86 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 71 54 68 51 70 54 73 Temp 67 62 68 67 60 56 65 65 57 53 67 66 59 55 70 69 Dewpt 67 62 67 65 60 56 62 61 57 53 61 62 59 55 65 66 PWind dir N N N NE NE E E E Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 5 5 0 10 20 30 Rain shwrs C C S S C Tstms C $$ KSZ040-182100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 546 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 96 74 95 67 79 Temp 73 83 92 95 88 81 79 76 74 82 92 94 86 77 74 70 68 72 77 78 73 Dewpt 71 73 73 72 72 70 68 66 66 69 71 71 73 71 70 70 68 71 72 72 72 RH 93 72 54 48 59 69 69 71 76 65 51 47 65 82 87100100 97 85 82 97 Wind dir SE S SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW E W NE NE N N N N N Wind spd 4 5 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 9 10 10 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 Wind gust 17 17 Clouds FW CL CL B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 20 80 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.22 0.04 Rain shwrs D D D D C C L L L Tstms C C C S S S S S C Heat index 89101103 94 99101 92 Max heat 102 104 91 101 104 88 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 71 55 67 52 70 54 72 Temp 67 62 68 67 61 56 65 64 57 53 68 65 59 55 70 68 Dewpt 67 62 68 66 60 56 62 61 57 53 60 61 58 55 64 65 PWind dir N N N NE NE E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 20 5 0 0 5 20 30 Rain shwrs L C S S C Tstms C S $$ KSZ054-182100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 546 AM 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 97 74 97 68 82 Temp 73 85 94 95 89 81 79 78 74 84 94 97 88 79 74 71 68 74 79 80 76 Dewpt 68 70 68 67 68 66 65 64 64 67 67 66 67 68 68 67 67 69 69 70 70 RH 84 61 43 40 50 60 62 62 71 57 41 36 50 69 82 87 97 84 72 72 82 Wind dir S S SW S S S S S S S SW SW S SW E E NE E N N N Wind spd 8 11 14 13 9 10 11 12 11 14 14 13 10 9 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 Wind gust 25 Clouds CL CL B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 10 80 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.21 0.11 Rain shwrs L L D D L L D D L Tstms C C C C S S S C C Heat index 90 99 Max heat 100 100 90 99 101 87 85 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 75 55 70 52 72 56 74 Temp 67 63 71 70 61 57 67 66 58 54 69 69 60 57 71 71 Dewpt 67 63 66 65 61 57 61 61 58 54 60 61 59 57 63 64 PWind dir N N N NE NE E E E Wind char LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 10 5 5 5 10 20 20 Rain shwrs L C S S Tstms C S $$ KSZ022-182100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 546 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 75 91 66 75 Temp 73 84 91 94 89 82 80 78 75 81 89 90 83 74 71 69 67 71 74 73 71 Dewpt 68 70 69 68 69 67 65 64 64 68 69 68 69 72 70 69 67 69 70 70 70 RH 84 63 49 43 52 61 60 62 69 65 52 49 63 93 97100100 93 87 90 97 Wind dir S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW E NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE Wind spd 5 10 14 14 9 9 11 10 6 10 10 9 8 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 Wind gust 23 20 23 20 Clouds CL FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 70 80 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.38 0.11 Rain shwrs C D D C C C C L L C Tstms C C S S S S S C S Heat index 96 99 Max heat 97 100 91 83 94 96 83 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 60 71 55 67 52 69 56 72 Temp 66 61 68 68 61 56 65 65 58 55 67 67 61 57 70 70 Dewpt 66 61 66 64 61 56 61 61 58 55 61 62 60 57 64 66 PWind dir N N NE NE E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 30 10 5 5 5 10 30 20 Rain shwrs C S C S Tstms S $$ KSZ020-182100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 546 AM 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 97 72 88 65 73 Temp 73 83 92 96 90 82 79 75 72 77 84 88 80 71 69 67 66 66 68 70 70 Dewpt 67 67 67 64 66 65 64 64 64 66 66 68 68 71 69 67 65 65 65 66 67 RH 81 59 44 35 45 56 60 69 76 69 55 52 67100100100 97 97 90 87 90 Wind dir S S S S S S S SW S W NW NW N NE NE N N N N NE NE Wind spd 11 16 19 19 13 14 14 12 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 Wind gust 27 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 40 60 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.07 0.18 0.06 Rain shwrs C L L C C C C C C S Tstms C C S S 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 60 71 55 68 54 69 58 73 Temp 64 61 64 67 59 56 63 65 58 56 64 67 61 59 66 70 Dewpt 64 61 61 62 59 56 57 60 58 56 59 62 61 59 62 65 PWind dir N N NE NE E SE SE SE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 20 30 30 Rain shwrs S S C C Tstms S $$ KSZ059-182100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 546 AM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 97 74 97 69 84 Temp 74 86 94 95 89 81 80 78 74 83 93 97 89 80 76 72 69 75 81 83 77 Dewpt 69 70 67 67 67 67 66 64 63 66 66 65 66 65 65 65 65 68 68 68 69 RH 84 59 41 40 48 63 62 62 69 57 41 35 47 60 69 79 87 79 65 61 76 Wind dir S SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S SW SW S SW SW W NW N Wind spd 5 8 11 10 6 8 9 9 10 13 13 13 8 8 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 Wind gust 18 19 19 24 Clouds CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 70 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.10 0.04 Rain shwrs C C L L L L C C L Tstms C S C C S S S C C Heat index 91 99 Max heat 100 101 89 82 97 101 89 84 88 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 63 75 56 70 52 72 54 74 Temp 67 64 71 69 61 57 67 66 57 54 69 67 58 55 71 69 Dewpt 67 64 65 64 61 57 59 59 57 54 58 59 57 55 61 62 PWind dir N N N NE NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 20 5 0 5 5 10 20 Rain shwrs L L S S Tstms C C S $$ KSZ012-182100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 546 AM 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 91 71 85 64 72 Temp 71 79 88 89 85 78 76 73 71 74 82 85 79 71 68 67 65 69 69 70 69 Dewpt 67 71 71 69 70 67 64 63 62 66 67 68 67 70 68 66 64 66 67 67 67 RH 87 77 57 52 61 69 66 71 73 76 61 57 67 97100 97 97 90 93 90 93 Wind dir SE S S S S S S SW SW SW W W N N N N N N N N N Wind spd 6 9 11 12 8 9 10 9 6 6 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Wind gust 21 19 20 19 Clouds SC FW FW SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 5 30 30 80 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0.07 0.48 0.04 Rain shwrs S C S S S D D D D C C L L C Tstms S C S S C C C S S S Heat index 93 94 Max heat 94 96 87 86 89 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 57 65 52 63 49 65 52 69 Temp 63 59 61 63 57 54 60 61 54 51 63 63 56 53 65 66 Dewpt 63 59 61 59 55 54 55 56 53 51 55 57 54 53 59 61 PWind dir N N N NE E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 30 5 5 0 5 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S Tstms S $$