Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
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SPOT FORECAST for Louisville KS Gas Leak...Pottawatomie County EM
National Weather Service Topeka KS
315 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on July 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
.DISCUSSION...
An easterly wind of 5 to 10 mph will continue through sunset. Then
a light easterly wind will persist through the evening. There is no
chance for precipitation and skies should clear out as we get closer
to sunset. Temperatures should fall into the lower 80s by 9pm with
RH values increasing to around 70 percent by midnight.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........88 at forecast start...Max 89.
RH..................43 percent at forecast start...Min 43 percent.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 7 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Winds east at 6 mph at forecast
start...otherwise East winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL at forecast start...otherwise 5400
ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /48200 knot-ft/ at forecast start.
Max...good /53200 knot-ft/.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0
Temp............88 88
RH..............43 45
20 FT wind dir..E E
20 FT wind spd..6 7
20 FT wind gust.11 12
Surface wnd dir.E E
Surface wnd spd.7 8
Surface wnd gst.12 13
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 5.3
SDspl kt-ft/100048 53
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 65.
RH..................Max 93 percent.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 7 to 8 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......East winds around 7 mph decreasing to around 6
mph early in the evening, then becoming light
early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (50400 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1700 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............88 89 86 81 77 75 73 71 70 68 67 67
RH..............45 44 50 56 64 69 73 79 81 87 90 87
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E N N N
20 FT wind spd..7 6 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.12 11 8 8 7 6 5 3 2 2 2 2
Surface wnd dir.E E E E E E E E E N N N
Surface wnd spd.8 7 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
Surface wnd gst.13 12 9 9 8 7 5 3 2 2 2 2
Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
SDspl kt-ft/100050 16 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
$$
Forecaster...Wolters
Requested by...Jennifer Merrow
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2617311.0/TOP
.DELDT 07/13/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jmerrow@Pottcounty.org