Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
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FNUS83 KTOP 080823
FWLTOP
Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
323 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
KSZ058-082115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N 95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
323 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
Date Wed 07/08/26 Thu 07/09/26 Fri 07/10/26
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 74 89 73 89
TEMP 69 69 81 87 91 89 81 78 75 74 80 86 89 87 81 77 74 73 79 85 88 86
DEWPT 66 67 70 70 70 71 71 70 68 68 71 71 72 72 71 69 69 69 71 72 72 72
MIN/MAX RH 50 84 56 87 58
RH 90 93 69 57 50 56 72 76 79 82 74 61 57 61 72 76 84 87 77 65 59 63
WIND DIR SE SE S S S SE SE S S SE SW W W SW S SE NE S SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD 4 4 8 8 8 9 6 8 9 6 9 12 8 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 4
CLOUDS(CAT) CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 OV B2 B1 SC B1
CLOUDS (%) 2 9 2 9 7 6 20 40 75 83 46 42 10 11 39 55 61 88 71 60 44 53
POP 12HR 0 40 40 50 50
QPF 12HR 0 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01
RAIN SHWRS IS SC SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM
TSTMS IS SC IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
MIX HGT <10<10 19 38 43 13<10<10<10<10 15 29 40 15<10<10<10<10 14 28 36 11
T WIND DIR S S S S S S SE S SW SE S SW SW N NE NE NE S E S S SE
T WIND SPD 10 9 12 9 9 11 11 14 14 12 16 14 13 9 9 9 8 9 9 8 11 8
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 Sat 07/11/26Sun 07/12/26Mon 07/13/26Tue 07/14/26
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 89 70 89 70 91 71 93
TEMP 74 71 85 86 74 71 86 87 74 71 87 89 75 72 90 91
DEWPT 70 70 73 73 70 70 73 72 71 70 72 71 69 69 71 71
RH 87 97 67 65 87 97 65 61 90 97 61 56 82 90 54 52
PWIND DIR E SE E E E SE SE SE
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL FW CL
POP 12HR 60 30 40 20 10 10 5 5
RAIN SHWRS NM NM IS SC SC SC IS
TSTMS SC SC IS SC SC IS IS
$$
KSZ024-082115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N 95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
323 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
Date Wed 07/08/26 Thu 07/09/26 Fri 07/10/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
MAX/MIN 92 73 86 71 87
TEMP 69 69 81 88 90 90 81 77 75 73 78 84 86 85 78 74 72 71 77 83 86 85
DEWPT 64 65 69 68 68 69 69 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 71 70 70 70 72 71 71 71
MIN/MAX RH 47 87 61 98 61
RH 84 87 67 52 49 50 67 74 82 87 76 63 61 63 79 87 93 97 85 67 61 63
WIND DIR SE S S S S SE SE SE SE E E E N NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE E
WIND SPD 3 4 8 8 8 8 6 6 9 6 8 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
CLOUDS(CAT) CL FW CL FW FW FW FW B2 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS (%) 1 7 1 8 17 16 22 75 85 92 53 35 38 15 44 67 72 94 80 64 57 53
POP 12HR 0 60 30 50 50
QPF 12HR 0 0.11 0.01 0.01 0.06
RAIN SHWRS SC NM SC IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS SC SC IS IS IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
MIX HGT <10<10 19 40 47 18<10<10<10<10 14 30 44 21<10<10<10<10 13 27 40 22
T WIND DIR S S S S S S SE SE SW SE SE SW N NE NE NE NE E NE E E E
T WIND SPD 10 9 12 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 12 9 9 9 9 10 5 6 11 8 8 8
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR GD GD FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR
Date Sat 07/11/26Sun 07/12/26Mon 07/13/26Tue 07/14/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
MIN/MAX TEMP 70 88 69 89 70 91 71 93
TEMP 73 70 85 86 73 71 86 87 74 72 88 89 75 73 90 91
DEWPT 70 69 71 70 69 69 70 69 69 69 70 68 68 68 69 67
RH 90 97 63 59 87 93 59 55 84 90 55 50 79 84 50 45
PWIND DIR E E E E E SE SE S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW CL
POP 12HR 50 20 20 20 10 5 0 0
RAIN SHWRS SC SC IS IS IS IS
TSTMS SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
KSZ012-082115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N 95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
323 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
Date Wed 07/08/26 Thu 07/09/26 Fri 07/10/26
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 85 69 86
TEMP 70 69 81 87 90 89 80 77 74 72 77 83 85 84 77 73 71 70 77 82 85 83
DEWPT 64 63 67 66 67 67 66 66 66 67 69 70 71 71 70 68 68 67 70 71 71 70
MIN/MAX RH 45 84 63 93 63
RH 81 81 63 50 47 48 62 69 76 84 76 65 63 65 79 84 90 90 79 69 63 65
WIND DIR SE S S S S SE SE SE E E NE NE N NE NE NE NE E E NE SE NE
WIND SPD 4 3 8 9 6 6 5 5 6 8 6 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 3 4 3 4
CLOUDS(CAT) CL FW CL FW FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
CLOUDS (%) 3 12 1 18 18 21 44 83 90 81 72 37 43 16 40 49 67 88 79 75 59 59
POP 12HR 0 60 40 40 50
QPF 12HR 0 0.11 0.01 0.04 0.17
RAIN SHWRS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS IS SC SC
MIX HGT <10<10 19 44 48 15<10<10<10<10 14 34 42 30<10<10<10<10 12 30 41 17
T WIND DIR S S S S S S S SE SW SE E E N N NE NE N E E E SE E
T WIND SPD 10 9 13 10 9 10 11 11 11 8 11 6 11 9 9 10 4 6 10 6 6 8
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR GD GD FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
Date Sat 07/11/26Sun 07/12/26Mon 07/13/26Tue 07/14/26
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 68 87 68 88 69 90 70 93
TEMP 72 69 83 84 72 70 85 86 73 70 87 88 75 72 89 90
DEWPT 67 66 70 70 67 66 69 69 66 66 69 68 65 65 68 67
RH 84 90 65 63 84 87 59 57 79 87 55 52 71 79 50 47
PWIND DIR E E E E SE SE S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW
POP 12HR 50 20 20 10 10 5 0 0
RAIN SHWRS SC SC IS IS IS IS
TSTMS SC SC IS IS IS IS
$$
KSZ012-082115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N 95.44W Elev. 965 ft
323 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
Date Wed 07/08/26 Thu 07/09/26 Fri 07/10/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
MAX/MIN 91 72 86 69 85
TEMP 71 69 82 88 91 89 79 76 74 72 76 83 86 85 76 72 71 70 77 82 85 83
DEWPT 65 63 66 65 66 68 66 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 70 68 67 67 69 69 69 69
MIN/MAX RH 44 83 60 93 60
RH 81 81 58 47 44 50 64 69 76 84 76 63 59 63 82 87 87 90 76 65 59 63
WIND DIR S S S S S S SE SE E NE NE N N N NE NE SE NE E E E NE
WIND SPD 4 5 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4 4
CLOUDS(CAT) CL FW CL FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B1
CLOUDS (%) 2 19 5 24 26 26 57 78 89 97 77 41 25 21 32 47 68 89 81 81 64 61
POP 12HR 0 60 40 50 50
QPF 12HR 0 0.10 0.01 0.04 0.22
RAIN SHWRS SC SC SC IS SC SC SC SC IS IS SC SC SC
TSTMS SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
MIX HGT <10<10 22 46 50 15<10<10<10<10 13 31 38 25<10<10<10<10 14 28 35 18
T WIND DIR S S S S S S S SW SW NW E NE N N NE E SE NE E E E E
T WIND SPD 10 10 13 9 9 9 10 10 12 8 12 11 12 9 9 9 5 5 9 8 6 8
SMOKE DISP PR PR FR GD GD PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
Date Sat 07/11/26Sun 07/12/26Mon 07/13/26Tue 07/14/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
MIN/MAX TEMP 68 86 68 88 69 90 71 93
TEMP 72 70 84 84 72 70 85 86 73 71 87 88 74 72 90 90
DEWPT 67 66 69 69 67 66 68 69 66 66 68 68 65 65 67 67
RH 84 87 61 61 84 87 57 57 79 84 53 52 74 79 47 47
PWIND DIR E E E E SE SE S S
WIND CHAR <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW
POP 12HR 40 20 20 10 10 5 0 0
RAIN SHWRS SC SC IS IS IS IS
TSTMS IS SC IS IS IS
$$
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
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