Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
542 FOUS53 KTOP 181252 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 752 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 KSZ039-182100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 752 AM 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 68 83 66 86 Temp 77 84 90 89 77 73 70 69 74 79 81 80 74 71 68 67 76 82 85 83 Dewpt 68 70 72 74 74 72 70 69 72 73 73 73 74 71 68 67 71 71 71 72 RH 74 63 56 61 90 97100100 93 82 77 79100100100100 85 69 63 70 Wind dir S SE S SE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 6 8 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 5 3 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 Clouds FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 60 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.51 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C L C S Tstms S C C C S Heat index 97 98 86 90 88 Max heat 89 101 94 84 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 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 $$ KSZ040-182100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 752 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 69 82 66 85 Temp 77 83 88 88 78 73 71 69 74 79 81 80 73 71 69 67 76 82 84 82 Dewpt 67 69 72 74 73 72 71 69 72 73 74 74 73 71 69 67 71 71 71 73 RH 71 63 59 63 85 97100100 93 82 79 82100100100100 85 69 65 74 Wind dir S SE S E NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 5 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 Clouds FW SC FW FW SC B2 B2 OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.42 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C L L C Tstms C C C S Heat index 95 97 86 90 87 Max heat 88 99 94 89 87 91 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 88 68 88 68 88 70 90 Temp 70 67 85 85 72 69 85 85 73 69 83 84 74 70 86 86 Dewpt 70 67 72 74 71 68 71 72 68 66 69 71 67 66 71 74 PWind dir E SW SE NE E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S $$ KSZ054-182100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 752 AM 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 69 86 66 88 Temp 76 86 94 94 82 76 71 69 75 81 84 84 75 72 69 67 75 83 87 86 Dewpt 66 69 69 70 69 70 69 69 71 72 72 72 72 72 69 67 71 71 70 70 RH 71 57 44 46 65 82 93100 87 74 67 67 90100100100 87 67 57 59 Wind dir S S S S SE NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 9 10 10 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 Clouds FW FW CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL PoP 12hr 5 30 20 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C S S S S Tstms S S C S S S Heat index 100100 90 89 88 92 91 Max heat 91 103 97 87 92 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 $$ KSZ022-182100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 752 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 68 82 66 84 Temp 76 85 91 89 78 73 70 68 73 79 81 80 74 71 68 67 73 81 84 83 Dewpt 69 72 73 74 73 72 70 68 71 72 73 73 72 71 68 67 71 71 72 72 RH 79 65 56 61 85 97100100 93 79 77 79 93100100100 93 72 67 70 Wind dir S SE S NE NE E NE NE E NE NE E NE NE E NE NE NE NE E Wind spd 6 6 8 5 8 6 5 5 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 SC B1 FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 60 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.23 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C S L C Tstms S C C S C S Heat index 90100 99 86 85 90 88 Max heat 91 102 94 87 84 86 91 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 88 68 88 69 88 70 89 Temp 72 67 85 86 74 69 85 86 75 70 85 86 76 71 86 87 Dewpt 69 67 71 73 69 67 70 71 66 65 68 70 66 65 70 72 PWind dir SE S SE E E SE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 20 10 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ KSZ020-182100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 752 AM 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 67 81 65 85 Temp 74 85 92 87 75 72 69 68 71 78 80 79 72 69 67 66 73 82 85 83 Dewpt 69 71 70 72 73 71 69 68 70 69 69 70 71 69 67 66 70 69 68 69 RH 84 63 49 61 94 97100100 97 74 69 74 97100100100 90 65 57 63 Wind dir SE S SE NE E NE NE NE E E E E E NE E E E E E E Wind spd 10 11 10 11 13 10 8 6 8 6 6 8 5 4 2 2 3 4 3 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 30 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.16 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C C C C Tstms S C C S Heat index 98 93 Max heat 91 100 90 85 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 $$ KSZ059-182100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 752 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 70 87 67 88 Temp 77 86 93 93 82 77 72 70 76 82 85 83 75 72 69 67 75 83 87 85 Dewpt 65 66 68 70 69 69 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 71 69 67 70 69 68 69 RH 67 51 44 47 65 76 90 97 82 67 63 67 90 97100100 84 63 53 59 Wind dir S S S S SE NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 6 6 8 5 6 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 Clouds FW FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 30 30 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.06 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs S C C S S S S S Tstms S C C S S S Heat index 99 90 88 Max heat 90 100 94 86 92 86 88 92 Date Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 92 68 93 69 93 71 96 Temp 71 66 87 89 73 69 88 90 75 70 87 89 77 72 91 92 Dewpt 68 66 68 68 68 67 67 67 66 64 65 66 64 64 66 68 PWind dir E SE SE E E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 10 10 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ KSZ012-182100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 752 AM 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 80 64 82 Temp 74 79 84 82 73 70 68 67 72 76 79 78 71 68 66 65 73 79 82 80 Dewpt 67 70 71 71 70 70 68 67 70 70 70 70 69 68 66 65 69 69 68 68 RH 79 74 65 69 90100100100 93 82 74 76 93100100100 87 72 63 67 Wind dir S S SE E NE E NE NE NE NE E E NE NE E NE NE NE E E Wind spd 6 8 6 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC OV B2 OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 80 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.26 0.43 0.01 0 0 Rain shwrs C S S C L D C S Tstms C S S C C C C S Heat index 90 Max heat 82 92 83 83 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 $$