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National Weather Service Topeka KS
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 24 2025

KSZ058-242115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Date             Tue 06/24/25            Wed 06/25/25            Thu 06/26/25
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                      91          72          91          73          92
TEMP          75 73 81 89 91 89 79 77 74 74 84 89 91 88 80 77 75 73 83 89 91 87
DEWPT         71 71 73 74 72 73 72 71 70 70 72 71 70 71 70 70 69 69 72 71 70 71
MIN/MAX RH                   54          90          51          87          51
RH            87 93 77 61 54 59 79 82 87 87 67 56 50 57 72 79 82 87 70 56 50 59
WIND DIR      SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       6  5  8  9  9  6  6  6  5  5 10 11 11 10  9  8  8  8 10 12 12 10
WIND GUST                                16                18 18 18
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUDS (%)    48 75 58 41 40 38 26 19 17 25 15  8 13 14 14 18  7 13  9 13 36 45
POP 12HR                     30          10           5           0          10
QPF 12HR                   0.09           0           0           0        0.02
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC                                                          SC
TSTMS         SC SC                                                          SC
MIX HGT      <10<10 16 32 44 11<10<10<10<10 25 42 47 22 11<10<10<10 24 37 40 18
T WIND DIR     S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD    10 11 12 14 16 14 14 17 14 14 20 18 16 16 16 14 13 18 20 23 20 20
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR GD EX FR PR PR PR PR GD EX EX GD FR PR PR FR GD EX EX GD


Date          Fri 06/27/25Sat 06/28/25Sun 06/29/25Mon 06/30/25
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       71      90      71      91      72      91      69      88
TEMP          75 71 87 86 76 71 88 88 77 72 88 87 75 69 85 84
DEWPT         70 69 72 73 71 69 72 72 70 67 71 72 70 68 71 70
RH            84 93 61 65 85 93 59 59 79 84 57 61 84 97 63 63
PWIND DIR           S       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR           40      30      30      20      20      20      50      20
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS    IS    IS SC SC    IS
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS SC IS IS    IS    IS SC SC    IS

$$

KSZ024-242115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Date             Tue 06/24/25            Wed 06/25/25            Thu 06/26/25
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                      88          72          91          73          91
TEMP          73 71 76 83 87 84 78 76 74 74 82 89 91 89 79 77 75 73 83 88 90 84
DEWPT         71 70 72 72 73 73 72 71 70 70 72 71 70 70 70 69 69 68 71 70 69 71
MIN/MAX RH                   63          90          51          84          50
RH            93 97 87 70 63 70 82 85 87 87 72 56 50 54 74 76 82 84 67 55 50 65
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       5  6  8  9  6  5  5  6  6  6 10 11 11 10  9  9  9  9 10 12 11  9
CLOUDS(CAT)   B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B1 SC B1 CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1
CLOUDS (%)    77 86 66 48 57 48 75 60 49 51  5 19 18 13 21 12 11 31 10 18 44 60
POP 12HR                     50          20           5           5          30
QPF 12HR                   0.38        0.05           0           0        0.05
RAIN SHWRS    NM SC SC SC IS IS                                        SC SC NM
TSTMS         NM SC SC SC IS IS                                        SC SC NM
MIX HGT      <10<10 15 20 29<10<10<10<10<10 26 44 54 38 13 10<10<10 25 48 40 27
T WIND DIR     S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
T WIND SPD     9 10 13 11 10 10 13 12 14 13 21 18 17 19 14 12 12 14 23 24 21 26
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR GD EX EX EX FR PR PR PR GD EX EX EX


Date          Fri 06/27/25Sat 06/28/25Sun 06/29/25Mon 06/30/25
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       71      90      72      91      72      91      69      87
TEMP          73 73 87 87 76 72 88 88 77 73 87 87 74 69 84 85
DEWPT         69 69 71 71 70 68 70 71 69 67 70 70 68 67 69 68
RH            87 87 59 59 82 87 55 57 76 81 57 57 82 93 61 57
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S      SW       E
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR           60      30      30      20      30      30      50      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM SC SC SC IS SC IS IS    SC IS SC SC SC    IS
TSTMS         NM SC SC SC IS SC IS IS    SC IS SC SC SC    IS

$$

KSZ012-242115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Date             Tue 06/24/25            Wed 06/25/25            Thu 06/26/25
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                      87          71          91          73          91
TEMP          72 71 76 82 86 84 77 75 73 73 83 89 91 89 80 77 75 73 83 88 90 85
DEWPT         68 69 70 72 72 71 70 69 68 68 71 70 69 68 67 67 66 67 70 70 69 70
MIN/MAX RH                   63          84          49          80          50
RH            87 93 82 72 63 65 79 82 84 84 67 54 49 50 65 71 74 81 65 55 50 61
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD       3  4  5  5  5  4  3  3  4  4  6 10 10  6  5  5  5  5  9 10 10  5
WIND GUST                                               16 16 16
CLOUDS(CAT)   OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1
CLOUDS (%)    92 93 75 53 52 58 71 59 51 60 16 10 15 10 17 14 13 34 13 14 50 54
POP 12HR                     50          20          10          10          40
QPF 12HR                   0.28        0.25           0           0        0.07
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC IS IS                                        SC SC NM
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC IS IS                                        SC SC SC
MIX HGT      <10 13 15 21 28 14<10<10<10<10 26 46 55 39 12<10<10 10 26 49 31 32
T WIND DIR     S  S  S SW  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
T WIND SPD    10 11 12 11  9 10 13 12 14 13 24 17 14 19 17 12 12 17 23 24 24 27
SMOKE DISP    PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR GD EX EX EX FR PR PR FR GD EX EX EX


Date          Fri 06/27/25Sat 06/28/25Sun 06/29/25Mon 06/30/25
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       70      90      71      91      71      91      69      87
TEMP          74 71 87 88 76 72 88 88 77 72 87 87 73 69 84 85
DEWPT         66 67 70 70 68 67 69 70 68 66 68 69 66 65 68 66
RH            76 87 57 55 76 84 54 55 74 81 53 55 79 87 59 53
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S      SW       N
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR           60      30      30      20      30      30      50      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM SC SC    SC IS IS    SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
TSTMS         NM SC SC SC    SC IS IS    SC SC IS SC SC IS IS

$$

KSZ012-242115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Date             Tue 06/24/25            Wed 06/25/25            Thu 06/26/25
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                      86          71          91          73          91
TEMP          72 72 76 81 84 84 77 74 73 73 83 89 91 89 79 78 75 73 83 88 90 85
DEWPT         68 68 70 69 70 70 69 67 67 68 71 69 68 67 67 67 66 66 69 69 68 68
MIN/MAX RH                   59          83          47          76          48
RH            87 87 82 67 63 63 76 79 81 84 67 52 47 48 67 69 74 79 63 54 49 57
WIND DIR       S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S
WIND SPD       5  5  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  6 10 11 11  9  9  9 10  9 10 12 11  8
CLOUDS(CAT)   OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1
CLOUDS (%)    94 87 83 69 50 58 75 67 54 67 23 14 11 11 19 18 16 32 15 24 46 54
POP 12HR                     50          40          10          10          40
QPF 12HR                   0.37        0.44           0           0        0.09
RAIN SHWRS    NM SC SC SC SC IS SC SC                                  SC SC NM
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC                                  SC SC SC
MIX HGT       12<10 15 24 27 17<10<10<10<10 22 40 53 28 11 10<10<10 23 42 41 18
T WIND DIR     S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
T WIND SPD    10 11 12 11  9  9 13 12 14 12 21 16 14 16 16 12 13 17 20 23 25 24
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR GD GD EX GD FR PR PR FR GD EX EX GD


Date          Fri 06/27/25Sat 06/28/25Sun 06/29/25Mon 06/30/25
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       69      89      71      91      71      91      69      86
TEMP          74 70 86 87 76 72 88 88 77 72 88 88 74 69 83 84
DEWPT         66 66 68 68 67 67 68 68 67 66 67 68 65 65 66 65
RH            76 87 55 53 74 84 52 52 71 81 50 52 74 87 57 53
PWIND DIR           S      SW       S       S       S       S      SW       N
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR           60      30      30      20      30      30      50      20
RAIN SHWRS    NM NM SC SC    SC IS IS    SC SC SC SC SC IS IS
TSTMS         NM SC SC SC    IS IS IS    SC SC IS SC SC 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