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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025

KSZ058-032100-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Date             Sun 08/03/25            Mon 08/04/25            Tue 08/05/25
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          60          82          61          88
TEMP          61 59 70 76 78 76 69 65 62 60 72 79 82 80 71 66 64 62 76 84 87 84
DEWPT         58 57 60 63 64 64 63 61 60 60 64 64 64 65 64 64 62 61 67 67 68 69
MIN/MAX RH                   59          96          56          98          52
RH            90 93 71 64 62 66 81 87 93100 76 60 55 60 79 93 93 97 74 57 53 61
WIND DIR       E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD       4  4  5  5  5  4  4  3  3  1  2  3  3  3  2  2  1  1  2  5  5  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW CL
CLOUDS (%)    31 69 62 82 87 71 75 48 39 17  5 18 17  9  7  3  1 12  1  1  9  2
POP 12HR                     20          20          10           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS                        IS IS IS IS
MIX HGT      <10<10 12 33 37 11<10<10<10<10 16 42 51 26<10<10<10<10 16 46 58 23
T WIND DIR    SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
T WIND SPD    13 12 11  5  6  8  9 10  6  6  5  4  5  6 10 11  9  8 10 10 12 13
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX FR


Date          Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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       66      90      70      93      73      95      73      95
TEMP          71 67 85 86 76 71 88 88 78 74 90 89 79 74 90 88
DEWPT         67 66 71 71 69 68 72 72 70 68 73 72 70 68 72 72
RH            87 97 63 61 79 90 59 59 76 82 58 57 74 82 56 59
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
POP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       0       5       5

$$

KSZ024-032100-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Date             Sun 08/03/25            Mon 08/04/25            Tue 08/05/25
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          60          81          61          86
TEMP          61 59 68 73 75 74 68 64 61 60 71 77 80 79 70 66 63 62 75 82 84 83
DEWPT         58 57 59 60 61 61 61 59 59 58 62 62 63 64 62 62 60 61 65 66 66 66
MIN/MAX RH                   61          93          56          97          54
RH            90 93 73 64 62 64 78 84 93 93 73 60 56 60 76 87 90 97 71 58 55 57
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD       5  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  3  2  3  4  4  5  3  3  2  2  4  6  8  8
CLOUDS(CAT)   SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUDS (%)    32 61 64 78 86 74 69 38 27 28 15 25 22  5  2  1  2 20  1  5  5  2
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                IS IS
Obvis          K
MIX HGT      <10<10 13 33 39 18<10<10<10<10 15 47 56 41<10<10<10<10 17 45 51 49
T WIND DIR    SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD    13 10 11  8  8 10 11  9  9  6  5  4  6  6 11 11 10  9 11 11 13 16
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX EX


Date          Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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       66      88      72      92      74      94      74      94
TEMP          71 67 82 86 76 72 87 89 78 74 89 91 79 74 89 89
DEWPT         66 65 70 69 68 67 70 70 69 67 71 71 69 67 70 71
RH            84 93 67 57 76 84 57 54 74 79 56 52 72 79 54 56
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR           10      20      10       5       5       0       5      10
RAIN SHWRS          IS
TSTMS               IS

$$

KSZ012-032100-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Date             Sun 08/03/25            Mon 08/04/25            Tue 08/05/25
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          59          79          59          85
TEMP          59 57 68 73 74 75 66 65 60 59 71 76 79 78 68 64 61 61 74 81 84 82
DEWPT         57 56 58 60 60 61 59 57 57 56 61 62 63 63 60 59 58 58 64 66 66 66
MIN/MAX RH                   59          89          58          92          55
RH            93 96 70 64 62 62 78 75 90 90 71 62 58 60 76 84 90 90 71 60 55 58
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD       3  3  5  6  5  4  3  3  2  1  2  2  2  3  2  2  1  1  2  4  5  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL
CLOUDS (%)    25 57 64 72 78 75 74 50 27 26 24 34 31  6  3  2  2 18  3  6  8  2
POP 12HR                     20          20           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
RAIN SHWRS                IS IS
Obvis          K
MIX HGT      <10<10 17 36 41 16<10<10<10<10 17 47 52 30<10<10<10<10 18 50 55 42
T WIND DIR    SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
T WIND SPD    12 10 11  8  6 10 11 10  9  6  6  4  6 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 12 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD EX GD


Date          Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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       65      87      70      91      73      93      74      93
TEMP          69 66 82 84 74 71 87 88 78 74 88 90 79 74 89 88
DEWPT         64 63 70 69 67 65 70 70 68 66 71 71 67 66 70 71
RH            84 90 67 61 79 81 57 55 71 76 57 54 67 76 54 57
PWIND DIR          SE       S       S       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR           10      20      10       5       5       0      10      10
RAIN SHWRS          IS
TSTMS               IS

$$

KSZ012-032100-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
200 AM CDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Date             Sun 08/03/25            Mon 08/04/25            Tue 08/05/25
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                      75          58          79          59          83
TEMP          59 57 68 73 74 74 66 64 60 58 70 75 78 77 68 64 61 61 73 80 83 81
DEWPT         56 55 58 59 59 61 59 57 56 55 60 61 61 62 59 58 57 57 63 64 64 65
MIN/MAX RH                   59          89          56          89          54
RH            90 93 70 62 59 64 78 78 87 90 71 62 56 60 73 81 87 87 71 58 53 58
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD       5  4  6  8  8  5  4  3  3  2  2  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  3  5  8  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUDS (%)    18 57 61 67 75 72 74 58 31 27 33 38 40  8  6  5  3 12  7 10 10  2
POP 12HR                     10          10           5           0           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
Obvis          K
MIX HGT      <10<10 18 37 41 13<10<10<10<10 15 43 44 20<10<10<10<10 15 47 51 16
T WIND DIR    SE  S SE  S SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE
T WIND SPD    11  9 11  9  8  9 11 10 10  6  6  5  6  8 11 11 10  9 12 12 12 14
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Wed 08/06/25Thu 08/07/25Fri 08/08/25Sat 08/09/25
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       65      86      69      90      73      92      74      92
TEMP          69 66 82 84 74 71 87 87 78 74 89 89 79 74 89 88
DEWPT         63 62 68 68 66 64 69 69 67 65 68 69 67 65 69 69
RH            81 87 63 59 76 79 55 55 69 74 50 52 67 74 52 54
PWIND DIR          SE       S      SE       S       S       S       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW
POP 12HR           10      20      10      10       5       0      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