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SPOT FORECAST for Pilsen Fire...Marion County EM
National Weather Service WICHITA KS
1158 AM CST Thu Jan 22 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CST on January 22.
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...

Southeast winds around 7 mph will persist through this afternoon
before gradually shifting to the east and then northeast by
sunset. Speeds will increase to 10-14 mph with gusts up to 20 mph
later this evening. Gusts up to 30 mph are possible through the
morning hours on Friday, with a return of gusts around 20 mph by
Friday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the east
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 9 to 12 mph shifting to the east around 8
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   10  29  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  42  44  45  44  43
RH..............29  26  25  25  26  31
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.9 0.6
Mixing wind dir.S   S   S   S   SE  E
Mixing wind spd.10  12  10  9   9   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 7 above.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph increasing to around 16 mph with
                    gusts to around 21 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 9 to 16 mph increasing to northeast around
                    31 mph.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  52  49  51  59  62  70  68  71  77  71  69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............38  33  31  30  28  25  23  20  18  16  14  11
RH..............36  43  45  48  51  54  58  61  64  63  62  62
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   8   9   10  11  11  12  13  14  14  15
20 FT wind gust.10  11  13  14  17  18  18  18  19  20  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.5
Mixing wind dir.E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Mixing wind spd.9   12  13  16  21  24  25  26  28  29  30  31

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of snow
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 10 above.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 14 to 17 mph with gusts to
                    around 22 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 20 to 29 mph.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  94  91  87  86  88  94  94  94  95  97  96
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                        SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............10  8   7   6   5   5   8   9   8   8   7   6
RH..............58  54  50  50  48  46  40  37  36  37  39  41
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  15  15  15  14  15  15  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.21  22  21  21  22  20  19  20  20  20  19  18
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1
Mixing wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
Mixing wind spd.28  29  29  28  26  25  23  22  21  21  21  20

$$
Forecaster...Kaufman
Requested by...Dan Schaefer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2600902.0/ICT
.DELDT 01/22/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dschaefer@marioncoks.net