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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
351 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

KSZ058-202115-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
351 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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                      81          64          80          63          81
TEMP          65 64 71 76 81 79 71 68 65 65 71 76 79 78 71 68 65 64 73 77 81 79
DEWPT         60 60 62 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 65 66 67 67 67 65 64 67 67 67 67
MIN/MAX RH                   56         100          64         100          64
RH            84 87 73 64 56 60 81 90100100 84 69 64 69 87 97100100 81 71 63 67
WIND DIR      SE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD       3  3  4  4  5  5  4  3  2  3  4  6  6  5  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  4
CLOUDS(CAT)   B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC
CLOUDS (%)    74 83 87 86 79 58 55 64 71 78 66 52 54 37 42 44 39 46 51 39 36 32
POP 12HR                     30          50          50          20          30
QPF 12HR                   0.01        0.02        0.12           0        0.02
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS IS IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                  IS IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS SC SC SC SC
LAL            1  2  2  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  1
HAINES         5  5  4  4  4  3  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 15 27 38 21<10<10<10<10 19 31 36 28<10<10<10<10 27 44 43 27
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E NE NE  E  E NE NE
T WIND SPD    11  6  6  8  5  9  9  8  6  6  8  8 10 11 11 10  9  9 11 11 10 11
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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       64      86      65      90      67      91      69      91
TEMP          68 65 81 83 70 67 85 87 73 69 87 87 75 70 88 87
DEWPT         67 65 67 66 67 66 68 67 67 67 68 67 68 68 69 68
RH            97100 63 57 90 97 57 52 81 93 53 52 79 93 54 53
PWIND DIR          NE      NE      SE       S       S      SE       S       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5       5      10

$$

KSZ024-202115-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
351 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          64          79          63          81
TEMP          68 64 67 71 75 76 70 67 64 65 70 75 77 79 69 66 64 64 73 78 80 79
DEWPT         60 61 62 64 65 64 65 65 64 64 66 66 66 65 65 64 63 63 66 65 65 65
MIN/MAX RH                   66          98          62          98          60
RH            76 90 84 79 71 66 84 93100 97 87 74 69 62 87 93 97 97 79 64 60 62
WIND DIR      SE  E  S SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD       4  3  5  5  5  5  4  4  3  3  5  6  6  5  4  2  2  3  4  5  5  4
CLOUDS(CAT)   B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS (%)    73 90 88 87 79 65 58 74 64 80 63 56 56 39 35 36 40 49 36 43 41 35
POP 12HR                     50          50          40          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.21        0.02        0.01           0           0
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         IS IS IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  1
HAINES         5  3  4  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10<10 16 24 19<10<10<10<10 17 35 29 34<10<10<10<10 27 55 60 16
T WIND DIR    SE  E  S  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
T WIND SPD    10  8  8  8 10 12  9  8  8  6 10 11 11 12  9  9  8  8  9 10 10 11
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR GD PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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       63      84      65      89      67      89      68      90
TEMP          67 64 81 83 69 66 85 87 72 69 87 87 73 69 87 88
DEWPT         64 63 65 65 65 65 67 65 66 64 67 66 66 66 68 67
RH            90 97 58 55 87 97 55 48 81 84 52 50 79 90 53 50
PWIND DIR           E       N      SE      SW      SE      SE      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5       5       5

$$

KSZ012-202115-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
351 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          63          78          62          79
TEMP          67 64 66 69 73 73 69 66 64 63 70 74 77 78 69 65 62 63 73 76 78 78
DEWPT         61 61 63 64 66 65 65 64 63 63 66 66 67 67 65 63 62 62 66 66 66 67
MIN/MAX RH                   71          99          70         100          65
RH            81 90 90 84 79 76 87 93 97100 87 76 71 69 87 93100 97 79 71 67 69
WIND DIR      SE SE  S SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD       3  3  4  5  4  4  3  3  2  3  4  5  4  3  2  1  1  2  2  4  4  2
CLOUDS(CAT)   B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS (%)    83 91 92 88 79 73 65 77 69 76 64 57 57 39 30 34 38 35 41 40 34 38
POP 12HR                     50          40          40          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.25           0           0        0.01           0
RAIN SHWRS    NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS
LAL            2  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  1
HAINES         4  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10<10 16 21 18<10<10<10<10 16 37 36 25<10<10<10<10 27 49 58 20
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E
T WIND SPD    11  8 10  8  9  9  9  8  6  6 10 10  9 11  8  8  5  8  9 10 10  8
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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       63      82      64      86      66      87      67      89
TEMP          66 64 79 81 67 65 83 85 70 67 84 84 72 69 86 86
DEWPT         64 63 67 68 65 64 68 68 65 64 69 68 66 65 69 68
RH            93 97 67 65 93 97 61 57 84 90 61 59 81 87 57 55
PWIND DIR           E       N      SE      SW      SE      SE      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5      10      10       5       5       5       5       5

$$

KSZ012-202115-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
351 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          63          79          62          80
TEMP          67 65 67 71 74 74 68 66 64 64 71 75 78 79 68 65 62 63 73 77 79 79
DEWPT         60 61 63 64 64 64 64 63 63 62 65 65 65 64 63 62 61 61 64 64 63 64
MIN/MAX RH                   69          97          60          97          57
RH            78 87 87 79 71 71 87 90 97 93 81 71 64 60 84 90 97 93 73 64 58 60
WIND DIR      SE SE  S SE SE  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD       3  3  5  5  5  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  4  3
CLOUDS(CAT)   B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUDS (%)    86 87 92 89 80 71 71 81 76 69 64 65 55 31 26 27 40 35 39 36 28 25
POP 12HR                     50          40          40          10          20
QPF 12HR                   0.21        0.02        0.01           0           0
RAIN SHWRS    NM SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC             IS IS IS IS
TSTMS         IS SC IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC             IS IS IS IS
LAL            1  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  3  1
HAINES         4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10<10 16 19 16<10<10<10<10 12 34 39 26<10<10<10<10 18 46 55 18
T WIND DIR     S SE  S SE SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E
T WIND SPD    10  8 11  8  8  9  6  6  6  6  9  9  9  9  8  6  4  6  6  8  8  6
SMOKE DISP    PR PR PR PR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD PR


Date          Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24Fri 07/26/24
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       63      82      64      87      66      87      67      89
TEMP          66 64 80 81 67 66 83 85 70 68 84 85 72 69 87 87
DEWPT         63 62 64 66 64 63 66 66 64 63 67 66 65 64 67 67
RH            90 93 58 60 90 90 57 53 81 84 57 53 79 84 52 52
PWIND DIR           E       N       S      SW      SE      SE      SE       S
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR            5      20       5       5       5       5       5       5
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