Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
248 FOUS53 KTOP 200852 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 KSZ039-202100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 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 67 89 69 86 Temp 67 66 74 81 84 83 74 71 69 67 77 85 88 85 76 72 70 69 75 82 86 83 Dewpt 65 65 69 71 71 72 72 71 69 67 71 71 72 75 74 72 70 69 71 70 71 71 RH 93 97 84 72 65 70 93100100100 82 63 59 72 94100100100 87 67 61 67 Wind dir N N NE NE NE NE E SE SE SE S S SE SE E E NE NE E E NE NE Wind spd 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 6 5 Clouds FW B2 SC CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL PoP 12hr 0 10 20 40 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0.01 Rain shwrs S C C S S Tstms S C C S S Obvis PF PF Heat index 89 88 91 95 94 91 88 Max heat 85 91 84 91 96 90 87 92 Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 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 83 66 87 68 88 68 88 Temp 70 65 80 79 69 67 83 84 72 69 85 85 73 69 85 85 Dewpt 68 65 66 69 66 65 70 73 69 67 72 73 71 68 70 72 PWind dir E E E SE E NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 40 20 5 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S S S C S Tstms S C S S S $$ KSZ040-202100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 67 89 68 86 Temp 66 66 74 80 83 83 73 70 68 67 77 85 87 85 76 72 70 68 76 82 85 82 Dewpt 65 65 69 71 71 73 72 70 68 67 72 72 73 75 74 72 70 68 71 70 71 72 RH 97 97 84 74 67 72 97100100100 85 65 63 72 94100100100 85 67 63 72 Wind dir N NE NE N NE NE E SE S SE S SW SW SE E E NE E E NE NE NE Wind spd 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 4 Clouds SC B2 B1 FW CL CL CL SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 10 40 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.02 0.01 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms C C S S Obvis PF PF Heat index 88 88 90 94 94 90 87 Max heat 85 91 84 92 96 90 86 91 Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 65 82 66 86 67 88 68 88 Temp 70 65 79 78 69 67 83 84 72 68 84 85 72 69 84 84 Dewpt 67 64 66 70 65 64 70 74 69 67 72 74 70 68 70 72 PWind dir E E E SE E NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 40 20 10 5 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S S C S Tstms S C S S S $$ KSZ054-202100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 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 89 68 92 68 89 Temp 68 66 75 84 88 87 76 72 69 68 77 87 91 89 78 74 70 68 76 85 88 86 Dewpt 67 65 69 71 70 70 70 70 69 68 70 69 68 70 70 70 69 68 70 70 70 70 RH 97 97 82 65 55 57 82 93100100 79 55 47 54 76 87 97100 82 61 55 59 Wind dir N NW NE NE NE E E SE S SE SE SE SE E E E E NE E E NE NE Wind spd 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 6 8 8 8 Clouds CL SC FW CL FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW CL PoP 12hr 0 20 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.10 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF PF Heat index 89 93 92 94 93 91 Max heat 90 94 89 92 97 91 90 94 Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 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 86 68 91 69 91 68 90 Temp 72 66 82 83 71 68 86 89 74 69 87 88 74 69 86 88 Dewpt 68 66 66 67 65 65 69 71 68 68 70 71 69 68 69 69 PWind dir E E E SE E NE NE NE Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW CL FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 40 5 5 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S C S S $$ KSZ022-202100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 68 89 68 86 Temp 67 65 72 81 85 84 75 72 69 68 76 86 89 86 77 73 70 68 74 82 86 84 Dewpt 65 63 69 71 71 71 70 69 69 68 70 71 71 72 72 70 69 68 70 70 70 70 RH 93 93 90 72 63 65 84 90100100 82 61 56 63 85 90 97100 87 67 59 63 Wind dir NE NE E NE NE E E E S SW S S S SE E E E NE E E E NE Wind spd 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 2 1 3 4 6 6 6 Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 20 20 40 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C S S Tstms S S S S C C S Obvis PF PF Heat index 90 89 91 94 93 Max heat 86 91 87 91 96 90 87 91 Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 82 67 87 69 88 68 87 Temp 71 66 79 80 70 67 83 85 73 69 85 86 73 69 85 85 Dewpt 67 65 66 68 65 64 69 72 69 66 71 72 70 67 69 70 PWind dir E E E SE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 10 40 10 5 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S S C S Tstms S C S S $$ KSZ020-202100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 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 68 90 67 84 Temp 65 64 71 80 85 84 75 71 69 68 76 86 89 84 75 72 69 67 73 81 84 82 Dewpt 64 63 67 68 68 69 70 69 68 67 69 69 69 71 71 69 68 67 68 68 68 69 RH 97 97 87 67 57 61 84 93 97 97 79 57 52 65 87 90 97100 84 65 59 65 Wind dir NE NE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE E NE NE E E E E Wind spd 4 3 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 2 3 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 6 9 9 10 Clouds FW B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 30 50 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.07 0.05 0 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C C C Tstms S S S S C S C C Obvis PF PF Heat index 94 89 Max heat 84 90 85 91 94 85 84 88 Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 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 81 66 87 68 87 67 87 Temp 70 65 78 79 69 66 83 84 72 68 84 84 71 67 83 85 Dewpt 66 64 65 67 65 63 67 71 69 66 69 71 69 66 68 69 PWind dir E SE E SE E NE NE NE Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW FW B1 SC FW B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 30 10 5 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S C C S Tstms S C S C S $$ KSZ059-202100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 67 93 68 90 Temp 68 67 76 83 87 86 75 71 69 67 78 87 91 89 77 73 70 68 77 84 89 86 Dewpt 66 65 68 69 68 68 70 69 68 67 69 67 66 69 70 69 69 68 69 68 68 68 RH 93 93 76 63 53 55 84 93 97100 74 52 44 52 79 87 97100 76 59 50 55 Wind dir N N N N N NE E E SE SE S S SE E E E E E E E NE NE Wind spd 2 1 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 8 Clouds FW B1 FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW CL PoP 12hr 0 10 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.05 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 87 67 91 69 92 69 91 Temp 71 66 82 82 70 67 85 88 74 70 87 88 74 69 86 88 Dewpt 67 64 63 65 64 64 67 69 67 66 69 70 69 67 67 67 PWind dir E E E SE E NE E NE Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 40 20 5 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S C S S S Tstms C S S S $$ KSZ012-202100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 351 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 Date Thu 08/20/26 Fri 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 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 82 66 86 66 83 Temp 64 64 71 77 81 80 72 69 67 66 75 82 84 83 73 71 68 66 73 79 83 80 Dewpt 63 64 68 69 68 69 67 67 65 65 70 70 70 72 70 68 67 65 68 68 66 67 RH 97100 90 76 65 69 84 93 93 97 84 67 63 70 90 90 97 97 84 69 57 65 Wind dir N N SE E E SE SE S S S SW SW SW S E NE NE NE E NE NE NE Wind spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 Clouds B1 B2 B2 FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 5 50 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.08 0.03 Rain shwrs C C C C S S Tstms S S C S S S Heat index 88 Max heat 85 87 91 84 83 86 Dense Fog Y Y Date Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 Wed 08/26/26 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 80 64 83 66 85 67 85 Temp 68 63 77 75 67 65 79 81 70 67 81 83 71 67 82 82 Dewpt 63 60 63 65 61 60 67 69 66 63 69 70 67 64 67 68 PWind dir E E SE SE SE E N N Wind char LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B2 SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 20 30 20 5 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S S C S S S S Tstms S C S S S $$