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Fire Weather Point Planning Forecasts
National Weather Service Topeka KS
346 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

KSZ058-192130-
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (near Hartford)
38.32N  95.94W Elev. 1066 ft
346 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      85          63          81          65          79
TEMP          60 60 73 80 85 83 72 68 65 63 71 77 80 78 71 69 67 66 69 74 77 76
DEWPT         57 58 60 59 59 60 62 61 60 60 64 66 66 67 67 67 67 66 68 69 69 68
MIN/MAX RH                   42          89          62         100          73
RH            90 93 64 49 41 46 71 78 84 90 79 69 62 69 87 93100100 97 84 76 76
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
WIND SPD       3  3  5  4  5  6  5  6  5  3  5  6  8  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS (%)     2  3  3  2  7  7 15 34 60 80 88 68 64 65 73 80 83 79 86 65 54 58
POP 12HR                      0          10          30          60          50
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04        0.17        0.10
RAIN SHWRS                               SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC SC
TSTMS                                             IS SC SC SC SC SC IS SC SC SC
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4
HAINES         4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  3  3  4  4  3  4  3  4  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 29 46 53 41<10<10<10<10 10 25 27 13<10<10<10<10 19 36 46 32
T WIND DIR    SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  E
T WIND SPD    10  9  8  4  5  8 12 12 12  8  6  9 11 11 10  8  8  8  9  8  8  9
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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      81      63      83      64      87      65      88
TEMP          67 64 76 79 68 65 79 81 69 65 82 84 70 67 84 86
DEWPT         67 64 68 67 67 65 69 67 67 65 68 67 68 66 69 67
RH           100100 76 67 97100 72 63 93100 63 57 93 97 61 53
PWIND DIR          NE      NE       N       N       N       N      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           30      30      20      30      10      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    SC SC SC SC    IS IS SC
TSTMS         SC SC SC SC    IS IS SC

$$

KSZ024-192130-
Potawatomi Indian Reservation
39.33N  95.85W Elev. 1056 ft
346 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      84          64          80          64          78
TEMP          61 61 72 80 83 82 72 68 66 64 69 74 78 79 70 68 65 65 68 74 77 76
DEWPT         56 56 60 60 61 61 61 60 60 61 63 66 67 67 65 65 64 64 66 66 66 65
MIN/MAX RH                   47          89          66          97          67
RH            84 84 66 51 47 49 68 76 81 90 81 76 69 67 84 90 97 97 93 76 69 69
WIND DIR      SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
WIND SPD       3  3  6  6  5  6  5  6  6  4  5  8  9  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  8  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1
CLOUDS (%)     3  5  6  9 25 25 44 65 80 88 86 79 73 71 71 80 82 82 84 64 45 55
POP 12HR                      0          30          40          60          40
QPF 12HR                      0        0.02        0.12        0.20        0.10
RAIN SHWRS                         IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS
TSTMS                                          IS IS SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3
HAINES         4  4  4  4  3  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 23 40 47 27<10<10<10<10<10 21 31 19<10<10<10<10 22 39 47 17
T WIND DIR    SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
T WIND SPD    10  9 10  6  8  9 11 16  9  6  9 12 12 12 10  9  9  6  6  9 12 10
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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       62      80      63      82      64      84      65      86
TEMP          66 63 77 79 66 64 79 81 68 65 82 83 70 66 83 85
DEWPT         65 63 66 66 65 64 67 66 66 65 67 67 65 65 67 66
RH            97100 69 64 97100 67 60 93100 61 59 84 97 59 53
PWIND DIR          NE      NE      NE      NE      NE       N      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           30      30      20      30      10      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS SC IS SC IS IS IS SC
TSTMS         IS SC IS SC IS IS IS SC

$$

KSZ012-192130-
Kickapoo Indian Reservation
39.69N  95.66W Elev. 1150 ft
346 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      83          64          79          63          76
TEMP          61 59 73 79 83 82 72 68 65 64 69 73 77 76 68 66 65 64 68 72 75 74
DEWPT         55 56 60 60 61 62 62 61 60 61 64 66 67 67 64 64 62 63 66 66 67 67
MIN/MAX RH                   48          89          69          97          76
RH            81 90 64 52 47 51 71 78 84 90 84 79 71 74 87 93 90 97 93 81 76 79
WIND DIR      SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
WIND SPD       3  3  6  6  5  5  4  5  4  4  5  6  6  4  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  3
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1
CLOUDS (%)     2  6  8 10 36 34 46 72 85 89 90 78 77 80 82 75 81 79 80 62 49 52
POP 12HR                      0          30          40          60          40
QPF 12HR                      0        0.08        0.19        0.20        0.04
RAIN SHWRS                      IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC NM NM SC SC SC SC IS
TSTMS                                 IS IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  3  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3
HAINES         4  4  4  4  3  3  4  5  5  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 22 40 46 21<10<10<10<10<10 22 30 20<10<10<10<10 19 27 41 15
T WIND DIR    SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  E
T WIND SPD    10 10 11  6  6  8 11 13  9  8  9 10 11 11 10  9  9  9  8  9 10 10
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD PR


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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       62      78      62      81      63      84      63      84
TEMP          65 63 75 77 66 63 77 79 67 65 80 80 67 64 81 82
DEWPT         63 62 67 67 65 63 68 68 65 64 68 69 65 64 68 67
RH            93 97 76 71 97100 74 69 93 97 67 69 93100 65 61
PWIND DIR           E      NE      NE      NE       N       N      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           30      30      20      30      10      10      10      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS SC IS SC IS IS IS SC
TSTMS         IS SC IS SC IS IS IS SC

$$

KSZ012-192130-
Iowa Sac&Fox Indian Reservation
39.98N  95.44W Elev. 965 ft
346 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Date             Fri 07/19/24            Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24
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                      83          63          76          63          77
TEMP          60 59 73 79 83 82 72 68 65 64 68 71 73 75 68 66 65 65 69 73 76 75
DEWPT         55 56 60 59 60 62 61 60 60 60 63 64 65 64 62 62 61 61 63 63 63 64
MIN/MAX RH                   46          88          68          89          65
RH            84 90 64 50 46 51 68 76 84 87 84 79 76 69 81 87 87 87 81 71 64 69
WIND DIR      SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
WIND SPD       3  3  6  6  6  6  5  6  5  4  6  6  6  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  5
CLOUDS(CAT)   CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
CLOUDS (%)     1  6  9 11 43 37 51 75 89 88 81 83 82 82 85 76 84 77 71 56 50 49
POP 12HR                      0          40          50          50          40
QPF 12HR                      0        0.13        0.14        0.36        0.03
RAIN SHWRS                      IS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC IS
TSTMS                                 IS IS    IS SC SC SC SC SC SC IS IS SC IS
LAL            1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  3  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3
HAINES         4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
MIX HGT      <10<10 22 40 45 15<10<10<10<10 12 16 18 17<10<10<10<10 18 27 34 17
T WIND DIR     S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  E
T WIND SPD    10  9 10  6  6  9 11 12  9  8  8 10 11 10 10 10 10  8  9 10 10  6
SMOKE DISP    PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD PR


Date          Mon 07/22/24Tue 07/23/24Wed 07/24/24Thu 07/25/24
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       62      79      63      81      64      84      63      84
TEMP          65 63 76 77 66 64 79 79 67 65 81 81 67 64 81 83
DEWPT         62 61 64 65 64 63 66 65 65 63 66 66 64 62 65 66
RH            90 93 66 67 93 97 64 62 93 93 60 60 90 93 58 57
PWIND DIR           E      NE      NE      NE      NE       N      SE      SE
WIND CHAR         <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15     <15
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR           20      30      20      30      10      10       5      10
RAIN SHWRS    IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC
TSTMS         IS IS IS SC IS IS IS SC

$$


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