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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
426 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

KSZ058-232115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
426 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      74          46          72          52          70
TEMP             52 61 69 73 71 57 52 48 46 59 68 72 70 59 56 54 53 59 64 69 67
DEWPT            44 48 49 42 39 38 37 37 37 41 40 39 40 44 46 48 49 53 58 60 61
MIN/MAX RH                   29          69          30          87          73
RH               74 62 49 33 31 49 56 65 71 51 36 30 33 57 69 80 86 80 81 73 81
WIND DIR          S  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD         12  9 13 12  9  8  6  6  6  9  8  8  8  8  9  9 10 12 18 21 21
WIND GUST        23                                                       33 34
CLOUDS(CAT)      B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV
CLOUDS (%)       63 71 70 43 25 11 29 44 53 45 29 34 40 61 70 74 91 87 88 89 89
POP 12HR                     20           0          10          50          70
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.06        0.44
RAIN SHWRS       IS IS                               SC SC SC SC NM NM NM NM NM
TSTMS            IS                                     IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL               3  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  4  3  3  4  4  4
HAINES            5  2  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  3  3  2  3  4  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT         <10 23 43 63<10<10<10<10<10 18 45 48 11<10<10<10<10 14 20 23<10
T WIND DIR       SW  W  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD       19 13 19 18 11 12 12 11 10 11  9  8  9 12 13 12 13 18 25 27 21
SMOKE DISP       PR FR EX EX PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD PR


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       62      79      61      82      56      74      49      76
TEMP          64 65 74 74 64 64 78 72 64 58 69 70 55 51 70 73
DEWPT         63 63 63 61 60 62 64 63 62 57 55 52 51 49 53 54
RH            97 93 69 64 87 93 62 73 93 96 61 53 86 93 55 51
PWIND DIR           S       S       S       S       S      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW
POP 12HR           80      70      20      60      80      40      20      10
RAIN SHWRS    NM  O NM NM IS    IS NM  O NM SC SC IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS    IS SC NM NM SC IS IS

$$

KSZ024-232115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
426 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      72          44          68          50          68
TEMP             51 61 69 72 68 55 50 46 44 56 65 68 66 57 54 52 50 56 63 66 65
DEWPT            45 48 41 34 35 35 35 34 35 41 39 38 39 40 41 42 43 49 53 56 56
MIN/MAX RH                   25          70          34          78          69
RH               80 62 36 25 29 47 56 63 70 57 38 33 37 53 61 69 77 77 70 70 73
WIND DIR          S  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          5 10 13 12 10  6  6  6  5  8  6  6  8  6 10 10 10 13 18 21 25
WIND GUST                                                                 33 37
CLOUDS(CAT)      B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
CLOUDS (%)       60 76 46 21 21 20 18 26 32 21 33 36 49 60 70 54 76 79 78 85 93
POP 12HR                     20           0          10          40          70
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0        0.02        0.41
RAIN SHWRS       IS                                  IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM  O
TSTMS            IS                                                 IS IS SC SC
LAL               3  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  3  3  4
HAINES            3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  2  3  3  2  3  4  3  2  2  3
MIX HGT         <10 23 58 64<10<10<10<10<10 18 43 48 14<10<10<10<10 13 25 30 11
T WIND DIR        S  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E NE  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD        8 16 20 20 14 12 12 11 10  8  8  6  9 11 14 11 13 18 24 26 25
SMOKE DISP       PR GD EX EX PR PR PR PR PR PR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX FR


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       60      78      59      80      54      71      47      72
TEMP          62 63 74 72 63 60 76 71 62 56 66 67 52 48 67 70
DEWPT         59 61 62 58 57 56 59 60 58 55 53 50 48 46 51 52
RH            90 93 66 61 81 87 56 68 87 96 63 54 86 93 56 53
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW
POP 12HR           90      80      30      50      80      40      20      10
RAIN SHWRS     O  O  O  O SC    IS SC  O NM SC SC IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC SC    IS SC NM NM SC IS IS IS

$$

KSZ012-232115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
426 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      72          42          68          48          68
TEMP             50 61 69 71 67 54 48 44 42 55 64 68 66 56 53 51 49 57 63 66 64
DEWPT            46 47 39 34 35 35 36 34 34 40 39 38 39 39 40 40 41 48 52 55 55
MIN/MAX RH                   25          72          34          74          66
RH               86 60 33 26 30 48 63 68 73 57 40 33 37 53 61 66 74 72 67 68 73
WIND DIR         SW  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          4 10 14 14 10  6  6  5  4  6  5  5  5  5  9  9  9 12 17 20 23
WIND GUST                                                                 31 35
CLOUDS(CAT)      B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
CLOUDS (%)       63 66 27  9 18 14 16 30 36 16 30 34 54 53 73 65 77 70 76 82 92
POP 12HR                     10           0           5          30          60
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0        0.26
RAIN SHWRS                                           IS IS SC SC SC SC NM NM  O
TSTMS                                                                  IS SC SC
LAL               2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  1  2  2  3
HAINES            2  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  2
MIX HGT         <10 20 61 69 10<10<10<10<10 21 42 50 13<10<10<10<10 17 25 29 13
T WIND DIR        S  N  N NW  N  N  N  N NE  E NE  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD        8 17 23 24 14 11 11 11  9  8  6  6  9 12 13 13 12 20 24 25 23
SMOKE DISP       PR FR EX EX FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD PR PR PR PR PR GD GD EX FR


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       58      78      58      81      53      71      46      71
TEMP          60 61 74 72 62 59 76 71 61 55 66 66 52 47 67 69
DEWPT         58 60 63 58 57 55 60 61 58 54 54 51 47 44 52 53
RH            93 97 69 61 84 87 58 71 90 96 65 58 83 89 59 57
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S      SW      SW       W
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW
POP 12HR          100      80      30      50      80      50      20      10
RAIN SHWRS     O  O  O  O SC    IS SC  O NM SC SC IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC SC    IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS

$$

KSZ012-232115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
426 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date             Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19

MAX/MIN                      71          41          68          47          69
TEMP             51 60 69 71 66 54 48 43 41 54 64 68 66 56 53 51 49 58 64 67 65
DEWPT            47 47 38 33 35 36 36 35 35 40 39 38 38 39 40 40 41 46 50 52 53
MIN/MAX RH                   25          78          33          74          59
RH               86 62 32 25 32 50 63 73 79 59 40 33 36 53 61 66 74 64 60 59 65
WIND DIR          N  N NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          4  9 16 18 12  6  5  5  5  6  5  5  6  6  9 10 10 14 18 23 23
WIND GUST                                                                 34 35
CLOUDS(CAT)      B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV
CLOUDS (%)       68 63 24  6 18  9 18 26 27  7 25 31 52 49 76 66 70 62 69 77 93
POP 12HR                     10           0           5          20          60
QPF 12HR                   0.01           0           0           0        0.10
RAIN SHWRS                                                 IS IS SC SC NM NM  O
TSTMS                                                                     IS SC
LAL               2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3
HAINES            2  3  5  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  4  3  3  2
MIX HGT         <10 17 64 71 32<10<10<10<10 23 43 52 31<10<10<10<10 20 23 33 19
T WIND DIR        N  N NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD        5 12 24 25 18 12 10 10  8  6  6  6  9 11 14 14 14 20 21 26 25
SMOKE DISP       PR FR EX EX GD PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR GD GD EX GD


Date          Fri 04/26/24Sat 04/27/24Sun 04/28/24Mon 04/29/24
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19

MIN/MAX TEMP       57      79      58      82      53      71      46      72
TEMP          60 61 74 72 63 60 76 72 62 56 66 66 52 47 67 68
DEWPT         56 60 62 58 57 56 59 60 58 55 54 51 48 45 50 52
RH            87 97 66 61 81 87 56 66 87 96 65 58 86 93 54 57
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S      SW       W       W
WIND CHAR         15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     15>     <15
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR          100      90      40      50      80      50      20      10
RAIN SHWRS     O  O  O  O SC IS IS SC  O NM SC SC IS IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS

$$


Below is a weather element key for this product:

DAY 1 THROUGH 3...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
MIN/MAX RH or MAX/MIN RH(%).........MAXIMUM/MINIMUM HUMDITY
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)...........WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
CLOUDS(CAT).........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: CL = CLEAR; FW = FEW; SC = SCATTERED; BK = BROKEN; OV = OVERCAST
CLOUDS(%)...........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     TYPE...
       RAIN...........RAIN
       RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS
       TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS
       DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE
       SNOW...........SNOW
       SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS
       SLEET..........SLEET
       FRZG RAIN......FREEZING RAIN
       FRZG DRZL......FREEZING DRIZZLE
       K..............SMOKE
       F..............FOG
     COVERAGE...
       IS.............ISOLATED
       SC.............SCATTERED
       NM.............NUMEROUS
       O..............OCCASIONAL
       S..............SLIGHT CHANCE
       C..............CHANCE
       L..............LIKELY
       WD.............WIDESPREAD
       D..............DEFINITE
       AR.............AREAS
       PA.............PATCHY
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(HUNDREDS OF FT AGL)........MIXING HEIGHT
     EXAMPLE: 35 = 3500 FEET; <10 = LESS THAN 1000 FOOT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
SMOKE DISP(CAT(KT-FT))...................SMOKE DISPERSION CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: PR = POOR; FR = FAIR; GD = GOOD; EX = EXCELLENT
DAY 4 THROUGH 7...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND SPD(MPH).......................WIND SPEED
     EXAMPLE: <15 = LESS THAN 15 MPH; 15> = 15 MPH OR GREATER
AVE CLOUDS(CAT).....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS


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