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SPOT FORECAST for Mead...Kansas Forest Service
National Weather Service DODGE CITY KS
523 AM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on August 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact us via NWS Chat, 800mhz radio or phone if you have
questions or concerns with this forecast,

.DISCUSSION...

A stationary frontal boundary in the area will lead to variable
winds through the day but the main wind direction should be
northerly.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east early in the morning, then shifting to the
                    northeast early in the morning shifting to the
                    north 6 to 8 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  45  21  9   11  7   5   10  10  10  10  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  70  71  76  80  84  87  89  90  91  93  94
RH..............59  61  66  60  54  49  46  45  45  44  43  41
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   7   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.11  10  10  11  12  12  11  11  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.4 4.1 5.1 6.1 6.6 6.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  12  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming northeast around
                    5 mph in the late evening and overnight
                    shifting to the north. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph
                    late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southwest 7 to 16 mph overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........24  27  27  29  48  52  68  61  65  61  68  56
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............93  93  89  84  80  78  77  75  73  72  70  69
RH..............43  43  48  59  65  69  69  71  76  76  78  84
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  8   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   10  15  20  22  17  12  7   9   13  16  15

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
                    Slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
                    Slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the
                    morning, then increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44  39  28  28  28  28  28  43  43  45  25  42
Weather cov.....SCH                         SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW                          RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH                                     SCH SCH
CWR.............20  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............69  68  69  73  77  79  82  84  86  87  87  88
RH..............81  81  84  76  69  67  61  57  53  52  52  50
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   10  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.9 7.0 9.0 10  8.8
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  12  14  17  20  18  17  16  17  20  21  21

$$
Forecaster...TATRO
Requested by...Bill Waln
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519600.0/DDC
.DELDT 08/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bwaln@ksu.edu