Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
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FNUS83 KTOP 020829
FWLTOP
Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025
KSZ058-022115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N 95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025
Date Sat 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25
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 80 59 80 60 82
TEMP 62 61 71 77 79 77 68 64 61 59 70 76 79 76 68 65 63 61 71 78 81 79
DEWPT 60 59 62 62 62 63 62 60 58 58 61 64 65 65 63 62 60 60 64 65 65 66
MIN/MAX RH 55 94 62 96 59
RH 93 93 73 60 56 62 81 87 90 96 73 66 62 69 84 90 90 97 79 64 58 64
WIND DIR NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE E E E E E SE E E E
WIND SPD 3 3 5 5 6 6 5 4 4 2 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3
CLOUDS(CAT) SC SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW
CLOUDS (%) 27 38 34 31 28 13 5 16 22 56 59 69 71 75 55 54 33 38 23 21 31 9
POP 12HR 5 10 10 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
RAIN SHWRS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS IS IS
Obvis K K K K K K K
MIX HGT <10<10 16 40 48 24<10<10<10<10 13 31 41 15<10<10<10<10 15 43 51 23
T WIND DIR E E SE E E E E E SE SE S SE SE E E E E SE SE E SE E
T WIND SPD 10 9 11 5 6 11 11 12 12 11 5 8 8 9 11 10 10 8 4 8 6 10
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD FR
Date Tue 08/05/25Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25
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 62 87 67 90 71 93 73 94
TEMP 67 63 83 83 71 68 86 86 76 71 88 88 78 74 89 88
DEWPT 63 62 67 69 67 66 71 72 70 69 73 73 70 69 73 73
RH 87 97 59 63 87 93 61 63 82 93 61 61 76 84 59 61
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20 5 10 5
RAIN SHWRS IS
TSTMS IS
$$
KSZ024-022115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N 95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025
Date Sat 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
MAX/MIN 78 59 77 60 80
TEMP 60 59 70 75 77 77 68 64 61 60 69 74 76 75 67 64 62 61 70 76 79 79
DEWPT 58 57 61 61 61 61 61 60 58 57 60 61 62 62 61 60 59 59 62 63 63 64
MIN/MAX RH 56 92 62 94 57
RH 93 93 73 62 58 58 78 87 90 90 73 64 62 64 81 87 90 93 76 64 58 60
WIND DIR E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 5
CLOUDS(CAT) FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUDS (%) 22 32 34 52 42 19 11 18 19 43 58 66 69 60 57 42 38 47 32 35 33 10
POP 12HR 10 10 10 20 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
RAIN SHWRS IS IS
Obvis K K K K K K K K K
MIX HGT <10<10 21 44 47 31<10<10<10<10 15 37 48 30<10<10<10<10 17 50 55 36
T WIND DIR E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE S SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD 9 9 11 6 8 11 11 11 12 10 11 9 6 11 11 10 10 8 8 8 6 10
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR FR GD GD PR PR PR PR FR GD FR FR PR PR PR PR PR GD FR GD
Date Tue 08/05/25Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
MIN/MAX TEMP 61 85 67 90 71 92 73 93
TEMP 66 63 80 83 72 68 84 86 77 72 87 89 79 75 88 90
DEWPT 62 61 66 66 66 66 70 70 69 67 71 70 69 68 72 71
RH 87 93 62 57 81 93 63 59 76 84 59 54 72 79 59 54
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR 5 0 5 10 20 10 10 5
RAIN SHWRS IS
TSTMS IS
$$
KSZ012-022115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N 95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025
Date Sat 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25
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 77 57 76 58 79
TEMP 60 59 70 75 76 75 66 63 59 57 69 74 76 75 66 62 60 60 70 76 78 77
DEWPT 56 56 61 61 61 61 59 58 57 55 59 61 61 62 59 58 57 56 61 63 63 64
MIN/MAX RH 57 93 61 91 60
RH 87 90 73 62 60 62 78 84 93 93 70 64 60 64 78 87 90 87 73 64 60 64
WIND DIR E E SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3
CLOUDS(CAT) SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUDS (%) 27 33 35 55 51 28 16 18 15 41 59 63 72 57 66 46 38 48 38 37 38 8
POP 12HR 10 10 10 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis K K K K K K K K K
MIX HGT <10<10 23 47 48 22<10<10<10<10 16 40 45 30<10<10<10<10 17 50 50 31
T WIND DIR E E SE SE SE E E SE SE S S SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD 10 8 11 6 8 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 6 11 12 10 10 8 8 6 5 11
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR GD PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD
Date Tue 08/05/25Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25
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 60 84 65 87 70 91 72 92
TEMP 65 61 80 82 70 67 83 85 75 71 87 88 78 74 88 89
DEWPT 60 59 66 66 64 64 70 70 67 66 71 70 67 66 72 71
RH 84 93 62 58 81 90 65 61 76 84 59 55 69 76 59 56
PWIND DIR SE S SE S S S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 0 5 10 20 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS IS
TSTMS IS
$$
KSZ012-022115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N 95.44W Elev. 965 ft
329 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025
Date Sat 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
MAX/MIN 76 57 76 57 78
TEMP 58 58 69 74 75 74 66 63 59 58 69 74 76 74 65 62 60 60 69 76 78 76
DEWPT 55 55 60 60 60 61 59 58 56 54 58 59 59 60 58 57 55 56 60 61 61 62
MIN/MAX RH 58 89 57 86 56
RH 90 90 73 62 60 64 78 84 90 86 68 59 56 62 78 84 84 87 73 60 56 62
WIND DIR E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD 3 2 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 4
CLOUDS(CAT) SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUDS (%) 36 29 38 51 60 32 19 19 18 29 35 59 72 50 64 56 44 48 39 40 40 14
POP 12HR 10 10 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis K K K K K K K K K
MIX HGT <10<10 18 48 48 16<10<10<10<10 16 39 44 11<10<10<10<10 15 46 47 12
T WIND DIR E E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
T WIND SPD 8 5 11 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 8 8 12 10 10 8 8 6 8 9
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR GD GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD PR
Date Tue 08/05/25Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
MIN/MAX TEMP 60 83 65 87 70 90 72 91
TEMP 65 61 80 81 70 67 83 85 76 71 87 87 78 74 87 88
DEWPT 60 58 64 66 63 62 68 69 66 65 69 70 67 65 70 70
RH 84 90 58 60 78 84 61 59 71 81 55 57 69 74 57 55
PWIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 0 5 10 20 10 10 10
RAIN SHWRS IS
TSTMS IS
$$
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